MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7883
Motherboard	MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883) (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 620 60% 493 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 552 Mixed 562 136% 610 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 39 155% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 496 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 147 171% 301 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 254%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14708 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.8% Good	Read 109 Write 117 Mixed 96.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 919GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33338880 (03) Spinup time 95 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13253362 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 605 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 98 38655361035 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 28 120730484764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30036 (C2) HDA temperature 28 72 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -71451075926632 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60915687260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 247149703176	44.9% Average	Read 81.6 Write 74.9 Mixed 78.6 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 425GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25205576 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15253519 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 714 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 661435384045 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 36 176548151323 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31833 (C2) HDA temperature 27 64 68719476763 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 130107444307560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 58718562584 (F2) Unknown 100 253 150594686121	66% Good	Read 132 Write 98.1 Mixed 125 90% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 96%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 296GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132885752 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8454343 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 77 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 205 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538771488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1286 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 114	52.8% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 92.7 Mixed 88.8 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 264GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22326 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	40.9% Average	Read 78.3 Write 63.7 Mixed 71.6 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 88%
Toshiba MD04ACA50D 5TB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 236GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10511 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 9224 (0A) Spinup retry count 115 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9043 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634249758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4795 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 113 Write 100 Mixed 95.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220395400 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24414176 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475360776 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 193728217115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37234 (C2) HDA temperature 27 58 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128788889348338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83625777843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 183649433982	58.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.6 Mixed 98 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 39.5 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%

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Typical X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883) Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 82%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	60x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	37x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	38x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	10x
F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ 96GBUnknownBench 120%, 7 samples	7x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 30,689 samples	5x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $673

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16