MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	80.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 13:47
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 500 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 43 Parallax 41.5 40% 44.4 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 44.3 Splatting 40.1 35% 42.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -54898271064500 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1265 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1256 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 120102 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 120102 (F2) Unknown 100 100 117000 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6387	75.7% Very good	Read 521 Write 126 Mixed 192 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 19.5 142% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 48.3 62% 112 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10821287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 -18202071373357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 380 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 8592818205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10821287 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10821287 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10821287 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42647 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21408 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21408 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23343	80.1% Excellent	Read 404 Write 228 Mixed 216 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19.3 139% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 42 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 73GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 120 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9615 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 25 (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	22.5% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 34 Mixed 34.6 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.06 20% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 81%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,727 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

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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