MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% 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	131% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 10:37
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%

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-$107 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 687 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 61.3 54% 65.2 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 63 Splatting 58.6 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 423 418 462 449 449 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 678 Write 543 Mixed 570 SusWrite 426 124% 554 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 55.8 160% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 691 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 581 441% 598 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 146GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 325 325 355 347 347 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 457 Mixed 371 SusWrite 329 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 49.5 160% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 348 261% 349 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 222GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 229 168 165 231 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 479 Write 455 Mixed 388 SusWrite 205 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 32.3 117% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 196 186% 290 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%
USB3.0 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 106 115 119 115 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.7% Above average	Read 176 Write 176 Mixed 85 SusWrite 111 179% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%
USB3.0 8TB 1.5TB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 106 115 119 115 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.1% Above average	Read 169 Write 182 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 111 177% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 146% 1.73 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 29 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%

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

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Motherboard: MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $107Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	84x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	28x
Core i7-6850KIntel $190Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $110Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	6x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $32Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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