MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76% 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	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 00:48
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	HND-User
Background CPU	27%

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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 Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 713 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 68% 101 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 88GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 1258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 206159609889 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12867264616 (F7) Unknown 100 100 403061233 (F8) Unknown 100 100 292135976 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1945 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 475 Write 299 Mixed 220 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 7.38 56% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 15 39% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 40 257699414067 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 619308996 (F7) Unknown 100 100 19376391 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3643090 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1258 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	68.9% Good	Read 477 Write 330 Mixed 335 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 17.3 79% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 28.3 50% 97.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162190160 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10528659 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 606076964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8261 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107760729456033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6838448173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1273700833950	82.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 142 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 115GB free Firmware: V56OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 61 3 (02) Throughput performance 167 1 167 (03) Spinup time 117 100 38680003027 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 100 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2768 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6614 (C2) HDA temperature 136 111 240519151660 (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 200 253 0	31.3% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 43.9 Mixed 44.4 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.27 73% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$98 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	122% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 57.3 MC Mixed 42.8 136% 47.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 113%

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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 $400Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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