MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	149% 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	217% 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	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	288 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 836 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 1027 64% 1027 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1912 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	149% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 204 Parallax 281 174% 233 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 232 Splatting 99.8 137% 176 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 434GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 54 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6014 (A5) Unknown 100 100 46 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7574 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37256 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48112	88.2% Excellent	Read 509 Write 300 Mixed 373 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 30.4 122% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 67 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 97%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 234GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 132 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 95925 (A5) Unknown 100 100 122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 293 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 79026 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1186855 (F2) Unknown 100 100 511323 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1534800	91.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 433 Mixed 459 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 30 123% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 42.6 66% 117 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 105%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,646 Write 1,235 Mixed 1,332 312% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 44.7 192% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 198 206% 339 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 283%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 217 100 8116 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 66 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 2GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 6.48 Mixed 10.2 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.37 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.65 66% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 2,983 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 62.3 MC Mixed 49.4 153% 53.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 131%

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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 $90Bench 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: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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