MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	271% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	123.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 04:16
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 905 80% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,509 93% 1,509 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 188 Parallax 173 137% 176 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,472 Write 1,908 Mixed 2,057 477% 2,146 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 38.4 144% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 140 140% 225 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1295884007	106% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 410 Mixed 420 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 43 152% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 126 144% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 252GB free Firmware: P1003B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (A0) Unknown 100 100 3 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 36 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16389 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 326 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 635140 (F2) Unknown 100 100 363223 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1048896	73.3% Very good	Read 493 Write 412 Mixed 452 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 20.1 87% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 58.4 41% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 105%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 214 214 17198874948 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6102 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 193274642477 (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 200 200 168	94.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 155 Mixed 163 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 200 200 17201627461 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5988 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 201864577070 (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 200 200 0	94.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 155 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.69 143% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 113 (03) Spinup time 183 183 34378613047 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17170 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210453856294 (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 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 110 Write 99.2 Mixed 113 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26451318 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 51 99273318831 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (B7) Unknown 55 55 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 1606343000468 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 723845161 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 21 26451318 (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 49344879308264 (F1) Unknown 100 253 217935686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2372714161	40.5% Average	Read 94.4 Write 46.8 Mixed 56.2 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.47 95% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3406 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 42 (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	87.2% Excellent	Read 173 Write 131 Mixed 120 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.45 144% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB-$1,291 53 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 58.3 MC Write 53.7 MC Mixed 47.3 152% 53.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 22.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 135%

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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 $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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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 $179	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