MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	127% 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	258% 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, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	123.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 903 80% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,510 94% 1,510 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: 398.11 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 176 143% 183 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 179 Splatting 122 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,474 Write 1,914 Mixed 2,063 478% 2,150 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 29.7 131% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 20 27% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 307GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 139 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1303969530	94.4% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 410 Mixed 420 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 22.8 122% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 111 134% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 134%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 252GB free Firmware: P1003B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (A0) Unknown 100 100 6 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 36 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16393 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 51 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 635246 (F2) Unknown 100 100 363294 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1049152	81.9% Excellent	Read 494 Write 396 Mixed 451 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 25.7 95% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 69 87% 152 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 105%
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 (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 214 214 17198874948 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1615 (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 3794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6102 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 193274642476 (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	95.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 160 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.77 159% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% 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 (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 104 (03) Spinup time 200 200 17201627461 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1566 (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 3739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5988 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5988 (C2) HDA temperature 130 130 201864577070 (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	90.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 146 Mixed 156 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.53 130% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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 above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 113 (03) Spinup time 183 183 34378613047 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 805 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17170 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 210453856294 (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	61.5% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 112 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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 as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27823417 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 51 99273320714 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (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 58 48 723845162 (C2) HDA temperature 42 52 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 21 27823417 (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 30992484052456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 220066194 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2373643745	43.6% Average	Read 94.4 Write 57.4 Mixed 73.8 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.6% 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 (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 177 171 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13012 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3406 (C2) HDA temperature 104 92 43 (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	96.6% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 130 Mixed 124 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.45 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 58.3 MC Write 53.9 MC Mixed 46.3 151% 52.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 21.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 133% 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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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