MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	158% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 15:43
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 697 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 132 118% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018) 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 640 647 615 622 627 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 607 Mixed 622 SusWrite 636 142% 631 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.3 195% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 629 DQ Mixed 737 542% 714 MB/s
Poor: 172% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 292%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 290GB free Firmware: UG2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 217 207 223 228 228 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 433 Write 307 Mixed 194 SusWrite 237 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 34.9 4K Mixed 14.3 65% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 18.6 40% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 224GB free Firmware: GM2OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 89 Write 84 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 90.2 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 50%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 278GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 121 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 39.4 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%

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Gaming 87%

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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 $122Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $430

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16