MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	122% 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	56GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 56GB 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	46.8 GB free of 56 GB @ 3.5 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 27 '17 at 20:17
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 665 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% 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 below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 192 Parallax 179 134% 178 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 176 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 403GB 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 8800 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1540 (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 61 50 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24774501972	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 410 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 42.1 151% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 104 118% 204 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 655 Mixed 689 153% 684 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 37.4 139% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 101 117% 201 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 353%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 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 6999 (03) Spinup time 253 171 1008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4941 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1549 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 165871 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (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	33.4% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 59.3 Mixed 64.1 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.09 54% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.4% 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 (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112446472 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1588 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 73071851368 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1544 (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 66 59 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4886 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 64424509474 (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 -13868449390576 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19242174223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 940137350211	61.2% Good	Read 83.2 Write 129 Mixed 77.3 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.5 158% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 94%
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 (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3282 (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 12426 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1715 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 50601 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 103 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 50601 (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	39.1% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 79.7 Mixed 78.9 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4C3466C16 7x8GB 7 of 8 slots used 56GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.8 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 46 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 21.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns

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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