MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 21:08
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 186 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 331 38% 295 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 18.9 16% 18 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 15.7 16% 20.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25774260287 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 44 240518168621 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 90196410400 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 549 (EA) Unknown 100 100 596 (F1) Unknown 253 253 583 (F2) Unknown 253 253 33 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 511 Write 432 Mixed 472 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 6.86 101% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 7.72 66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 162 Write 74.9 Mixed 75.5 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.28 132% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 515GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 13 (03) Spinup time 73 73 9050 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10905 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4263 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 104 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 71 51 487850013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2616630 (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 25 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50% Average	Read 82.3 Write 91.8 Mixed 83.5 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 172GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95326780 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9536 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 333228721 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4004 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 19 95326780 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 9729 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -51883204911420 (F1) Unknown 100 253 743808792 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1771884113	61.5% Good	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 93.8 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 102GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46186718 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7647 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 286364620 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3942 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 100 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 571998240 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 17 46186718 (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 62470299346602 (F1) Unknown 100 253 145741601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2107315823	46.6% Average	Read 72.3 Write 90 Mixed 76.5 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.43 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 70%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 811GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 79 Write 71.9 Mixed 60.9 89% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 16.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 80%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	759x
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	112x
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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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