MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.3% 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	86.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '17 at 22:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 851 84% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,019 63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 100 Parallax 105 83% 103 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 95.4 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 645 Write 556 Mixed 594 134% 598 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 17.8 82% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 16.9 21% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 509GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48135808 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 501583354 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1620 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 219046674484 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13497 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17497696747203 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80694844440740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -93365866117774	95.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 163 Mixed 124 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 414GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896960697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 383 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 184684445733 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85% Excellent	Read 144 Write 153 Mixed 150 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85% 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 (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 50.4 MC Mixed 37.9 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 103%

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Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

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Workstation 78%

Battleship

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 $195Bench 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 $96Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $430

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16