MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	121% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '20 at 11:32
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 7,962 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 745 70% 582 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Dell(1028 12A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 97% 122 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 100% 126 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 420 422 409 408 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 382 Mixed 411 SusWrite 412 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.9 193% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 255 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 132%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 168GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1675 1687 1674 1665 1587 1414 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 1,645 Mixed 924 SusWrite 1,617 374% 1,681 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 59.7 240% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 362 286% 407 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 169GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 91 91 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 63.5 Write 60.3 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 90.7 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 153GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 83 89 88 90 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 91 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 87.6 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 31GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 72.7 Write 72 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 74.8 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9965604-002.C00G 4x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 39.9 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

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Typical X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	5x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	4x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	2x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GBSamsungBench 104%, 120 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 698 samples	2x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16