MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	162% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	18.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 23:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 655 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 88% 109 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 97.8 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW24L0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 500 517 516 466 495 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,296 Write 754 Mixed 642 SusWrite 506 177% 800 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.6 186% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 485 362% 492 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 220%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 404GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 155 151 156 153 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 176 Mixed 69 SusWrite 154 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.M8FAD 4x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 18.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 104%

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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 $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	11x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16