MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.5% 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	101% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A54
Motherboard	MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54) (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1650 v3 7,962 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 762 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 097C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 19.5 12% 16.2 fps	MRender 21 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.9 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 13%
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 2783) 3GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 53.4 Parallax 71.3 49% 61.7 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 51.3 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 653 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 62 48 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5447866337	101% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 400 Mixed 188 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 42.5 155% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 76.2 87% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 175GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,413 Write 1,822 Mixed 1,801 447% 2,012 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 50.1 238% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 176 190% 326 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 215GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 141 132 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70626 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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	49.5% Average	Read 86.2 Write 85.9 Mixed 79.3 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 85%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 204GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8350 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3613 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10573 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 41 (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	75.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 120 Mixed 119 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.52 148% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 147GB free Firmware: AX0R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 1711 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4223 (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 88 88 5088 (0A) Spinup retry count 183 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1202 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 545411 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864642592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3361 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 270 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44.7% Average	Read 78.6 Write 77.3 Mixed 72 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 62%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 32GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 196 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 554 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10016 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 73.1 Write 87.2 Mixed 66.8 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.67 160% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9965604-002.C00G 4x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 39.4 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

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Gaming 91%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 83%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A WORKSTATION (MS-7A54)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	5x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	4x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	3x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	2x
MX100 512GBCrucial $200Bench 88%, 31,545 samples	2x

RAM
M391A2K43BB1-CTD 4x16GBSamsungBench 104%, 120 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	2x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 698 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $654

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 $184	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