MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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	129% 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	252% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$150 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 632 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 189 Parallax 196 148% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8745 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1514 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24754613950	104% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 43 149% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 107 128% 225 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,408 Write 1,676 Mixed 1,355 400% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.1 150% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 27.2 70% 145 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 353%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 185 185 6995 (03) Spinup time 253 171 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1524 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 165819 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 119 119 21741	33.9% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59.8 Mixed 62.7 46% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.11 59% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221188856 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 73071621512 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1518 (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 67 59 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4865 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 64424509473 (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 -20688857456678 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19096081980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 940038492970	64.8% Good	Read 101 Write 124 Mixed 89.6 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 4.88 4K Mixed 0.58 176% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 968GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 171 1000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68521 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 85.7 Mixed 82.7 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.15 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 691GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 191 6228 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4770 (05) Reallocated sector count 174 174 507 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1524 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 146994 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 491 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 1429 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 197 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 193 1 2060	47.3% Average	Read 81.9 Write 83.1 Mixed 60.7 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.14 42% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7488 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3250 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12372 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1689 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 56019 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 31 (C2) HDA temperature 139 103 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56019 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 89	39.9% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 78 Mixed 75.5 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 33.5 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 160%

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Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $195Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 698 samples	2x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16