MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 17:57
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

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 Xeon E5-1650 v3 7,962 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 748 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2783) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 399.41 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.2 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 66.5 47% 57.7 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 63 Splatting 48.3 47% 59 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 49%
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 399.41 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 18.7 12% 15.6 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 17.7 Splatting 16.2 14% 18 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 258 170 162 171 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 466 Mixed 388 SusWrite 232 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 51.8 173% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 260 196% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 184GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1647 1670 1646 1600 1557 1492 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,259 Write 1,693 Mixed 848 SusWrite 1,602 357% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 63.3 262% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 609 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 334 269% 389 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 98 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 98.1 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 198GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 98 84 80 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 94 SusWrite 89.5 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 229% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 74GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 94 99 90 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89 Write 84.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 97.1 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 205GB free Firmware: AX0R SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 111 108 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 73.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 109 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9965604-002.C00G 4x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 38.7 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

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Typical X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	5x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	4x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	2x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GBSamsungBench 104%, 120 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 698 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $654

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