MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 739 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 195 Parallax 195 147% 190 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 474 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983077 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094642210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3935 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3216 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4240 (F4) Unknown 100 100 15 (F5) Unknown 100 100 37 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1066240	98.8% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 511 Mixed 455 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 14.3 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 13.8 96% 222 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 111%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 239GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 184 3625 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 810591 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	40.4% Average	Read 76.4 Write 64.1 Mixed 73.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 87GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2504 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3444 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.7 Mixed 68.2 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 31GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 8141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2845 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17061 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1441 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7489 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 36 (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	78.5% Very good	Read 155 Write 119 Mixed 123 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	125% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 58.4 MC Mixed 45 140% 48.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 118%

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Gaming 87%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 78%

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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 $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $616

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