MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	146% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 185 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 678 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 152 Parallax 139 113% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 587 576 607 603 606 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 655 Write 606 Mixed 622 SusWrite 599 140% 620 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.6 170% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 744 547% 719 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 292%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 288GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 175 207 214 201 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 427 Write 378 Mixed 301 SusWrite 218 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 10.3 58% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 99.1 DQ Mixed 18.8 39% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 224GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 84.7 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 90.3 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 50%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 278GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 121 Write 114 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 121 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 39.9 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $110Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 126% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16