MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	298% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 00:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 784 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 204 Parallax 183 148% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 191 Splatting 136 124% 153 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,560 Write 1,752 Mixed 1,836 454% 2,050 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 63.1 222% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 215 226% 373 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 353%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 249GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,262 Write 1,429 Mixed 1,565 388% 1,752 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 56 219% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 228 238% 395 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 283%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 386GB 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 177 174 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1421 (C2) HDA temperature 121 92 26 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.2% Average	Read 74.3 Write 76 Mixed 74.1 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 345GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6814 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 116 Write 80.8 Mixed 84.6 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK32GX4M4A2666C16 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 48.1 MC Mixed 38.6 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%

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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 $92Bench 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: $631

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 $178	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