MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 15:23
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 459 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 101 92% 110 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2443 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 376 (B1) Unknown 94 94 28 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11841337126	71.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 268 Mixed 274 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 16.9 114% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 57.7 43% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 114%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 8316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 582 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 125 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 40.6 Mixed 35.4 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 0.29 133% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 617GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1466 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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	69.7% Good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.29 107% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 509GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2593 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 32 (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	92.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 138 Mixed 164 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 18.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 105%

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	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