MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	216% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 14:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 815 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 88% 112 fps	Gravity 95.9 Splatting 104 89% 100 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 1,171 Mixed 1,176 315% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 30 190% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 25.7 93% 191 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 277GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 6216 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4426834839 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4364 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 36 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 623116324 (C2) HDA temperature 36 50 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 30 6216 (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 -49808735727594 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2835321647 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3566539365	54.1% Above average	Read 99 Write 88 Mixed 78.5 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 6.14 4K Mixed 0.44 180% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 27.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	250x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	97x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	12x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $570

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16