MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 08:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 769 76% 622 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 80.9 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.4 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 75.1 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 64 35 28 33 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 128 Write 135 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 39.9 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 108 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 67 SusWrite 110 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 189% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 70%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 41.2 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.2 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 64%
StoreJet Transcend 4TB 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 100 Write 91.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 90.6 111% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 47% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba IABOX-E4 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 202GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 38 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.7% Very poor	Read 38 Write 30.8 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 38.2 44% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 52% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.2 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%

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

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Typical X99A SLI (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	39x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	12x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	11x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	4x
SHSS37A480G 480GBKingstonBench 91%, 14,802 samples	3x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 78%, 9,797 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	3x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GBCorsair $74Bench 76%, 29,684 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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