MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	43.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '22 at 18:13
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (40^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 195 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 686 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 134 110% 140 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 125 105% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 407 Write 182 Mixed 218 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 43.3 151% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 133 121% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 219GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 92 94 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 139 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 82.8 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion SW 6TB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1801 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 21 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 34.3 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.4 454% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 49.9 MC Mixed 39.8 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

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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%

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 $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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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