MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	204% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 828 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.6% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2710 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 126 107% 133 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 268GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1208 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 309 (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 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2391230234	124% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 502 Mixed 508 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.8 186% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 137 158% 272 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 210GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3433 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 900 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7750774090	111% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 502 Mixed 509 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 42.3 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 158 164% 270 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,943 Write 906 Mixed 1,118 291% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 39.5 182% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 122 156% 280 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67394880 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30034642 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 900 (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 69 57 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5684 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 68719476767 (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 23901493005001 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43564446328 (F2) Unknown 100 253 363677206935	90.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 147 Mixed 121 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.63 194% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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 (96^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 55.2 MC Mixed 42 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%

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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 $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