MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	88.7% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 09:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 885 91% 735 Pts	64-Core 1,139 70% 1,139 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2810 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.40 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 211 Parallax 203 152% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 178 Splatting 132 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$114 581 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 706 Write 308 Mixed 380 102% 465 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 27.7 118% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 57.4 67% 109 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 164%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 879GB free Firmware: AX101U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2627 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2192 (0A) Spinup retry count 128 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12754 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171799412753 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 180 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 272 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62% Good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 794GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1687 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 267 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14851 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1593 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389543954 (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 5 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 55 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 252 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	51.8% Above average	Read 90 Write 90.5 Mixed 85.9 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 319GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 2002 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1194 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14208 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 85 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 46 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864314898 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 59075 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 85 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 62645	55.4% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 96.9 Mixed 98.7 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GB 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 49.2 MC Mixed 39.2 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns

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Typical X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 83%

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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 $400Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $654

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