MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	123.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 903 80% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,506 93% 1,506 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%

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: 391.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 184 Parallax 184 137% 179 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 174 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 477GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1003B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (A0) Unknown 100 100 3 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 36 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12031 (A5) Unknown 100 100 102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 326 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 436990 (F2) Unknown 100 100 260531 (F5) Unknown 100 100 769984	68.7% Good	Read 503 Write 397 Mixed 442 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 10.5 65% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 9.53 41% 83.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 420GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8723 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 761355274	92.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 392 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 32.1 118% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 116 130% 224 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 134%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 150 150 17209950623 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 851 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 851 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799871521 (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 200 200 168	93% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 150 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.75 153% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 113%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94 1,061 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: A4GNT514 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 144 144 17209754057 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 861 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 861 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389806114 (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	91.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 147 Mixed 148 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.57 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 113 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21501378936 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15765 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15773 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 210453856288 (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	50.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 66.7 Mixed 106 72% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 73%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164243945 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 51 99271244267 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (B7) Unknown 55 55 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 1606343000468 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 21 164243945 (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 125168231949635 (F1) Unknown 100 253 206604821 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1338840561	49.4% Average	Read 93.6 Write 78.4 Mixed 86.8 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2042 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 33 (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 1	78.8% Very good	Read 145 Write 129 Mixed 121 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.48 144% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB-$1,291 53 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 58.3 MC Write 54.2 MC Mixed 47.5 152% 53.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 22.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 135%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $37Bench 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: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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