MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	42.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '21 at 13:45
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 7,962 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 680 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Dell(1028 12A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 133 Parallax 122 97% 125 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 104 Splatting 0.3 64% 90.8 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 481 485 484 487 487 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 85% Great: 132%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 471 478 482 483 484 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 495 Write 481 Mixed 412 SusWrite 478 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 57.6 191% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 112%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 130GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1587 1596 1634 1651 1652 1169 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,335 Write 1,618 Mixed 1,025 SusWrite 1548 364% 1,631 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 55 210% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 602 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 368 289% 409 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 172GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 91 91 90 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 91 Write 86 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 89.3 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 79 80 80 78 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 65.9 Write 64.8 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 78 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 178% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 91GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 90 93 93 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 91.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 90.5 63% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	113% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 44.1 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 162%

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Typical X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 26 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 83%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	5x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	4x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	2x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GBSamsungBench 104%, 120 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 698 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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