MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	61.9% 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 ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 16:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 621 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 82% 104 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 78.9 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 107GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 164 164 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C2) HDA temperature 79 64 154619740181	61% Good	Read 496 Write 254 Mixed 272 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 7.15 85% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 33.4 29% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 87%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13395528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 132405251805834 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 47 30067851289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 30067851289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13395528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13395528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13395528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3257 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1031 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1031 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1057 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1638418	61.9% Good	Read 447 Write 123 Mixed 183 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.4 110% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 12 36% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 102%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 505 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $784

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