MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 06:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 784 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.2 90% 109 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 87GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1707 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 52 206159609884 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14977116782 (F7) Unknown 100 100 469048069 (F8) Unknown 100 100 379756010 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1945 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 487 Write 335 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 24.1 101% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 68 DQ Mixed 14.1 48% 110 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 32 292059086896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4734766875 (F7) Unknown 100 100 148341242 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66072661 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1257 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	65.3% Good	Read 485 Write 305 Mixed 326 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 13.6 87% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 68.9 DQ Mixed 13.7 20% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207468992 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13280339 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8675 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 77309411357 (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 -67937792687096 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8333365615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1298254995775	88.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 165 Mixed 153 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 147357272 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 660045975 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 555286555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29678 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 64424509467 (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 -23970212463439 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -107928882188068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -85272391324270	107% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 157 Mixed 131 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$117 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	125% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 58.1 MC Mixed 44.3 140% 49 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 113%

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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 $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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16