MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	307% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 12:36
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 752 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 943 58% 943 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2783) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 53.3 Parallax 69.1 50% 61.1 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 67 Splatting 51 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB 3,936 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 241GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11661 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 307 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 55 27 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24477703639	93% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 417 Mixed 219 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 27.1 136% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 60.1 72% 131 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 128%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 1,733 Mixed 1,761 436% 1,963 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 70.9 273% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 255 246% 411 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 353%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11146 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3259 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 130 (AD) Unknown 99 99 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 223 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12219223115944 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 72 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	73.5% Very good	Read 506 Write 266 Mixed 348 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 5.92 103% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 5.8 57% 132 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 347GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 132 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53026 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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	56% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 103 Mixed 75 67% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 232GB free Firmware: AX0R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2129 (0A) Spinup retry count 117 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 212456 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864642592 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1435 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 95.7 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 183GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8333 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7733 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7554 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 40 (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	54.2% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 93 Mixed 80.2 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.49 131% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 83%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 47GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 196 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9488 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5051 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9504 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.4% Average	Read 89.5 Write 82.1 Mixed 83.3 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.74 174% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9965604-002.C00G 4x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 39.3 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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Workstation 83%

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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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $654

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