MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	82.8% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	34 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 11:43
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 771 71% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 98%

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: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 90% 112 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 315 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 60 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4487532566	82.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 408 Mixed 423 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 22.4 105% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 124 101% 135 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 135%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 168 5750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1060 (C2) HDA temperature 119 115 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 117 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.2 91% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 857GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 168 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 778 (C2) HDA temperature 119 115 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 99.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 101%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 40.7 Write 13.8 Mixed 13.9 24% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.34 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.85 66% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	MC Read 57.2 MC Write 59.7 MC Mixed 51.4 160% 56.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 21.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 140%

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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 $195Bench 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 $122Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	11x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GBUnknownBench 87%, 1,963 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $429

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16