MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 19:29
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 219 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 690 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% HP(103C 8552) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 157 Parallax 170 131% 163 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 138 Splatting 101 110% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 340 238 64 63 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 443 Write 432 Mixed 407 SusWrite 180 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 36.5 128% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 318 258% 358 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 157%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 791GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1309 1278 1359 1282 291 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,179 Write 1,252 Mixed 869 SusWrite 949 239% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 59.4 202% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 272 323% 556 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 240GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 133 173 173 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 95.7 Write 90.2 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 163 67% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x4GB 959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 37.2 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%

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

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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 $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