MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, 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	208% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 12:50
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 824 73% 621 Pts	64-Core 1103 68% 1103 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 192 Parallax 175 140% 180 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 171 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 699GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 670 781 806 807 808 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,307 Write 1,492 Mixed 914 SusWrite 750 302% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.9 213% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 58.9 53% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 363%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 135 134 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 134 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X16GE2400C14K8 2x16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $37Bench 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: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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