MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 06:05
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 694 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.1 79% 99.7 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 98 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 81GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,658 Write 1,364 Mixed 1,386 396% 1,803 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 41 188% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 26.4 103% 228 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 185749130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 76665166246346 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 59 (B1) Unknown 0 0 165 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 44 1009320198177 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 1009320198177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 185749130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 185749130 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 185749130 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42445 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9646 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9646 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19147	66.1% Good	Read 503 Write 192 Mixed 245 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 15.9 94% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 8.96 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 85%
Sony Storage Media 126GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 28GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 229 Write 42.7 Mixed 119 137% 130 MB/s	4K Read 5.61 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.14 32% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $432

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16