MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 01:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 118 2-Core 190 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 742 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1583 MHz, MLim: 1834 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 107 90% 112 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 103 Splatting 85.7 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 66 54 62 55 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 346 Mixed 306 SusWrite 81.1 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 31.6 121% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 115 129% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 243GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 436 443 436 440 444 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 454 Mixed 404 SusWrite 430 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 38.3 144% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 207GB free Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 327 327 325 325 325 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 546 Mixed 494 SusWrite 339 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 59.9 192% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 768 555% 721 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 279GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 61 58 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 59.7 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	117% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 52.3 MC Mixed 40.8 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%

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Typical X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 78%

Battleship

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 $37Bench 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: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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