MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98% 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	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160808
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 00:53
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 215 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 748 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 903 56% 903 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 127 Parallax 130 102% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 652 Write 536 Mixed 596 132% 594 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 16.6 68% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 14.2 86% 198 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 144%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 37.4 Mixed 40 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.66 4K Mixed 0.59 192% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 934GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 148 148 21492269303 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 435 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684183585 (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	87.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 134 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 97.4 Write 91.9 Mixed 96.7 123% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB 1,963 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (83^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 33.7 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%

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Typical X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) Builds (Compare 181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 78%

Battleship

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