MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	202% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	122 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 12:04
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 689 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 851 53% 851 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 181 Parallax 192 158% 189 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 162 Splatting 119 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,354 Mixed 1,211 332% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 23.3 135% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 17.7 22% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 71617858 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3068263 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77648713745239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (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 56 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1276 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 64 71617858 (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 -71017284238925 (F1) Unknown 100 253 604843154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 236039538
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FB 8x16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.2 124% 43.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 138%

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Typical X99A SLI (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	12x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	11x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	4x
SHSS37A480G 480GBKingstonBench 91%, 14,802 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	3x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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