MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 578 53% 444 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.6% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 63 Parallax 43.6 27% 46.7 fps	MRender 53.7 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 40 34% 42.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4622 Write 4,285 Mixed 4,414 992% 4,440 MB/s	4K Read 386 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 239 990% 271 MB/s	DQ Read 899 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 653 495% 677 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$90 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 861GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 153 151 153 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 134 Mixed 93 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 539GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 90.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 75.1 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 634GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 189 192 192 194 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 126 Mixed 52.5 SusWrite 192 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.2 402% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 290GB free, PID b159 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.4% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 22 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.5 42% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 85%

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Desktop 89%

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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 $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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $89Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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