MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	212% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	121.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 07:54
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 772 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 816 76% 630 Pts	64-Core 1188 74% 1188 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 195 Parallax 192 126% 181 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 175 Splatting 128 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel DC P3700 Series NVMe PCIe 800GB-$348 58 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: CP02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1377 1364 1359 1376 1365 1368 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 1,358 Mixed 790 SusWrite 1,368 255% 1,125 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 50.6 191% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 802 DQ Write 583 DQ Mixed 685 514% 690 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 304%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 483 Write 296 Mixed 339 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 48.9 170% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 231 209% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 165 164 165 165 164 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 137 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 162 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 164 Write 140 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 118 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 81.9 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 108 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 51.7 MC Write 49.1 MC Mixed 41.2 135% 47.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 140%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $195Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 125% - Outstanding

Total price: $424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16