MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.3% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 510 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 30.4 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 37 25% 33.5 fps	MRender 29.8 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 39.4 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1561 (A2) Unknown 100 100 80 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441841 (AE) Unknown 100 100 504 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 504 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2483565 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3795 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5333	79.8% Very good	Read 510 Write 331 Mixed 324 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 10.2 98% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 44.2 92% 190 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 458GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178856049 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8831 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 1321 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 531491004 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4376 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 28 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 441 (BE) vendor-specific 81 50 336592915 (C2) HDA temperature 19 50 34359738387 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 178856049 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1894 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 11527692257349 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2738066136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1628428814	57.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 94.8 Mixed 89.7 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.48 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	97x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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