MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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 Drive	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 13:33
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 826 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 158 Parallax 150 128% 155 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 626 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 42 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 210 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5277261331	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 411 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 41.9 153% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 117 119% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2930 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1919 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 366 (EB) Unknown 99 99 270 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20818937465	30.7% Below average	Read 15.8 Write 244 Mixed 11.1 21% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 0.13 42% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 7.31 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 0.01 26% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 124%
Synology iSCSI Storage 10.5TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 10TB free Firmware: 3.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 101 Write 112 Mixed 112 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 6.79 4K Write 6.47 4K Mixed 6.9 1,169% 6.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 3x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 34.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 98%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	82x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	28x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	22x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $634

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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