MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '21 at 23:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 216 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 666 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.1% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 52.4 80% 69 fps	MRender 47.6 Gravity 97 Splatting 48.4 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 463GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 195 206 186 119 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 538 Write 520 Mixed 490 SusWrite 193 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 37.3 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 447 344% 468 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 144%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 621GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 122 110 116 117 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 115 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB 1,963 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 33 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $37Bench 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: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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