MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48% 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	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A TOMAHAWK (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '16 at 16:39
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 706 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 59.4 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 57.7 48% 60.2 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 49.6 47% 59.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16439 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 241 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55439611309	68% Good	Read 446 Write 324 Mixed 329 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 11.3 90% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 51.4 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 40.8 50% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 190 100 9491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 61 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 119 118 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 880GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 94 187309000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 127813008 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 22 22 78 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 120730550299 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 154450 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34016140998589 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61999942714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55383623622	91.7% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 171 Mixed 183 127% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 741GB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 185 Write 170 Mixed 79.5 174% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 67% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 72%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 118GB free, PID a83a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 24.9 Mixed 29.9 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.81 68% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 113%

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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 $90Bench 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 $36Bench 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: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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