MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 01:33
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 710 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 150 Parallax 129 122% 143 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 415GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2456 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 114 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 809589691	109% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 414 Mixed 421 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 45.7 158% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 129 146% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2456 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 166 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 53 38 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 126720636313	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 415 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 42.6 151% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 119 138% 241 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 199 8925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7250 (C2) HDA temperature 120 113 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 159 Mixed 153 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4916 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	95.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 149 Mixed 140 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.18 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 84%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 115 Write 123 Mixed 96.4 143% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	123% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 58.9 MC Mixed 45.5 139% 48.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 121%

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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 $90Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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