MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	112% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 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	43.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 22:15
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 727 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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: 462.31 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 93% 122 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 102 Splatting 112 101% 126 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 418 419 424 425 430 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 442 Mixed 401 SusWrite 421 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 50 167% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 343 255% 339 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 132%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 149GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 418 419 425 425 430 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 472 Write 459 Mixed 386 SusWrite 421 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 52.8 179% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 254% 325 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 112%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 125GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1453 1489 1504 1537 1519 1544 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2174 Write 1,310 Mixed 869 SusWrite 1,508 326% 1,465 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.5 193% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 610 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 361 284% 405 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 166GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 69 69 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 80 Write 75.1 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 67.5 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 197GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 79 79 80 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 67.5 Write 64 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 79 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 90GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.4 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 93.6 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 40.2 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 162%

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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 $245Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16