MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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	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 (19%). 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 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 05:43
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 512 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 72 67% 78.2 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 184GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3904 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 773 (B1) Unknown 98 98 69 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 65 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7450610200	115% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 489 Mixed 506 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.3 164% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 25.1 105% 235 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,101 Mixed 1,131 313% 1,421 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 29 180% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 57.8 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 24.6 38% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 124GB free Firmware: X4152012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10378 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 48 206159216674 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210455232561 (EE) Unknown 100 100 16694827 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1609929499 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1925462382	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 485 Mixed 447 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 27.2 150% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 59.8 108% 214 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 90%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 20GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 471 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 108 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 73 68 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 774002479	109% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 487 Mixed 488 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.8 164% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 23.2 65% 129 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.6 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

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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 $230Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $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