MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	66.9% 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	13.8 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 21:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (94^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 758 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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	78.7% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 108 81% 105 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 86.3 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% 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: 214 64 52 45 68 57 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 452 Write 346 Mixed 305 SusWrite 83.5 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 22.1 112% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 107 114% 192 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 238GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 441 430 437 433 436 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 465 Mixed 383 SusWrite 428 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 40 147% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 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: 406 323 324 324 324 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 518 Mixed 507 SusWrite 337 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 63.7 216% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 832 587% 745 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 266GB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 59 60 58 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 59.5 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.4% 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	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 51.3 MC Mixed 39.1 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% 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%

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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $629

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