MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.6% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 11:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 5.1 GHz, turbo 7.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 165 2-Core 330 107% 197 Pts	4-Core 654 8-Core 935 100% 794 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.8 94% 111 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 617 (64) Unknown 100 100 2878176 (65) Unknown 100 100 433376 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1697 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 97 97 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 240518955041 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2675 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2675 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5309 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2419 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4368 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3589 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2675	65.5% Good	Read 472 Write 193 Mixed 222 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 12.8 92% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 19.3 59% 134 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122664584 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64934990 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1708 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 66 35 27256434327586 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15678 (C2) HDA temperature 34 65 42949672994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129540508612620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27942315049 (F2) Unknown 100 253 509848686201	98.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 168 Mixed 183 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 472GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 105 Write 109 Mixed 81.5 125% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 31.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Typical Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) Builds (Compare 2,233 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	773x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	258x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	197x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	184x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	112x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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