MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	203% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 17:45
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 820 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 104% 129 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 251GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1059 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 248 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2255675234	124% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 504 Mixed 505 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.2 185% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 153 168% 283 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 211GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3285 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 839 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7088913571	110% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 504 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 39.4 139% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 167 172% 280 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 910 Mixed 1,126 296% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 42.3 199% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 190 144% 184 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77790488 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28043072 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 588906530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5180 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 68719476770 (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 -120705760884102 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40763058384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 339747299080	92.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 145 Mixed 119 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.49 174% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 55.5 MC Mixed 42.4 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 115%

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Gaming 87%

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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 $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