MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	70.5% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 07:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 817 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,067 66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2512 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 120 Parallax 98.6 84% 107 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 143 Splatting 118 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58632916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -79035988167934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 187 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 30067458074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58632916 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58632916 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58632916 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11472 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6796 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6796 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11717	70.5% Very good	Read 459 Write 230 Mixed 290 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 16.3 121% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 14.2 27% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 93%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 689GB free Firmware: MKAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579585118 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 746 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2561 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2561 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193273856032 (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	58.4% Above average	Read 115 Write 88.5 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.43 95% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 349GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387132833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3518 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684183582 (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	86.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 120 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GB 1,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 34.2 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 101%

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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 $78Bench 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: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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