MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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	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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 23:32
Run Duration	1335 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 195 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 628 58% 485 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 49.7 0% 38.2 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 34.7 36% 44.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKR080H6 80GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSMG100 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 63 115968245823 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 58810 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 50918 (F9) Unknown 100 100 513 (FC) Unknown 100 100 9	90.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 289 Mixed 373 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 29.8 137% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 63.2 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 723GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789792548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2245 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2725 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 214749020204 (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 200 200 3	73.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 129 Mixed 132 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 92%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	36x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	26x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	19x

GPU
GTX Titan XNvidia $615Bench 75%, 15,621 samples	18x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	9x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	5x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	10x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 4x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,229 samples	8x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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