MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	141% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	16.8 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 02:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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 i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 197 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 669 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 989 61% 989 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W4100 1,020 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B1E) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 15.11 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 10.9 7% 9.91 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 13 8% 9.99 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 708 637 725 732 718 720 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 870 Write 734 Mixed 467 SusWrite 707 156% 695 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 36.1 127% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 499 384% 525 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 210%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 143 149 123 142 130 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 295 Write 210 Mixed 240 SusWrite 141 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 31.7 125% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 145 120% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 85%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 111GB free Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 401 404 403 396 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 415 Mixed 385 SusWrite 403 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 41.7 144% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 156 139% 203 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%
Synology iSCSI Storage 4.5TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free Firmware: 3.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 16 23 22 14 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 25.8 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 19.8 18% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 4x8GB 12,036 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3500 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 35 112% 39 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 130%

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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 $78Bench 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 $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: $609

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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