MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 111%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 100%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A54
MotherboardMSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)  (all builds)
Memory26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180615
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 01 '18 at 01:09
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 96.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 164
77% 125 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 712
69% 566 Pts
64-Core 893
55% 893 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 131
Parallax 195
139% 166 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 174
Splatting 121
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z3106000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 62 40 36 26 26 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
40.9% Average
Read 348
Write 168
Mixed 330
SusWrite 46.6
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 77.1
4K Mixed 0.2
62% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 198
DQ Mixed 0.2
48% 115 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 40.9%
Great: 67%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154
475GB free
Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 371 371 369 370 370 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 573
Write 620
Mixed 456
SusWrite 401
115% 512 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 89.6
4K Mixed 44.5
154% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 660
DQ Write 496
DQ Mixed 436
364% 530 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 121%
Great: 155%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 158 157 158 158 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 167
Write 147
Mixed 105
SusWrite 157
106% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1
210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 8 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
116% Outstanding
MC Read 41.6
MC Write 53.3
MC Mixed 40.8
129% 45.2 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 20.8
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 53.3
75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 116%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 87%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 78%
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Motherboard: MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $629
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