MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.7% 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	89% 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	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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 15:32
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 271 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 743 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.7% Above average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 146 Parallax 44.5 39% 79.4 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 86% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 447GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 45 236224905271 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18016183 (F7) Unknown 100 100 580336 (F8) Unknown 100 100 118581 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 486 Write 344 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 26.9 118% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 45.3 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 98%
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 188GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1993 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 146 (A3) Unknown 100 100 53 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42669 (A5) Unknown 100 100 67 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27934 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 381482 (F2) Unknown 100 100 649443 (F5) Unknown 100 100 682704	106% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 434 Mixed 473 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 39.4 153% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 71.9 110% 207 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13238407 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 177 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 67 287764381735 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163212492857 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1021 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1390 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1318 (F2) Unknown 253 253 298 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89% Excellent	Read 499 Write 326 Mixed 327 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 21.8 124% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 45.9 99% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211434112 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 4295063118 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 63 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 90194313251 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 78941498900565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 435178696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 167832349	97.3% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 152 Mixed 166 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 26.8 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 29.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	760x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	353x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $640

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16