MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.8% 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	74.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 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	Aug 31 '19 at 21:47
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 761 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% 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 36CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.9 81% 102 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 86.1 74% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% 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: 200 70 61 25 77 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 450 Write 345 Mixed 304 SusWrite 81.3 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 35.8 125% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 109 130% 226 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 441 434 446 433 438 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 455 Mixed 393 SusWrite 431 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 43.2 147% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 76GB free Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 322 324 323 323 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 553 Mixed 558 SusWrite 337 118% 528 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 63.3 202% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 876 607% 758 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 266GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 56 60 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 56 SusWrite 57.8 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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 (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 51.5 MC Mixed 39.3 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 21.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% 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%

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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 $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $616

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