MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


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 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	247% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). 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	122.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	44%

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 Xeon E5-2667 v4 772 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 684 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 1194 74% 1194 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 201 Parallax 180 137% 183 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 177 Splatting 131 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel DC P3700 Series NVMe PCIe 800GB-$348 58 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: CP02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1720 1733 1718 1705 1677 1694 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 1,726 Mixed 839 SusWrite 1,708 309% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 51.1 206% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 856 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 723 544% 733 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 304%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 487 Write 293 Mixed 336 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 49.6 172% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 238 211% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 146 144 145 143 145 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 136 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 143 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 623GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 119 119 117 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 168 Write 140 Mixed 83 SusWrite 118 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 109 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 87 Write 87.7 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 108 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393A2K40BB1-CRC 8x16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 52.9 MC Write 50.6 MC Mixed 41.6 138% 48.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.7 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 140%

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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 $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 $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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $428

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16