MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 10:47
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1,010 99% 812 Pts	64-Core 1,305 81% 1,305 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 112% 143 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11979840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 77438260385870 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11979840 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11979840 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11979840 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30747 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16635 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16635 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22377	44.7% Average	Read 189 Write 97.1 Mixed 106 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 10.1 95% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.8 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 9.48 31% 66.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 41GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 202 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8313401955	96.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 407 Mixed 417 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28 150% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 129 109% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 683GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 128 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1606 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1455 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 353883 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (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	72.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 112 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 28.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 103%

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Typical Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) Builds (Compare 2,226 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	769x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	602x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	195x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

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