MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, 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	227% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 08:51
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 104% 192 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 890 96% 762 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2274 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 157 Parallax 147 112% 147 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 138 Splatting 118 100% 122 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,183 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,118 318% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 38.7 219% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 65.8 DQ Write 476 DQ Mixed 39 98% 193 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (64) Unknown 100 100 2968752 (65) Unknown 100 100 388608 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 1750 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 697 (B7) Unknown 98 98 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 154619871260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (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 3 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5431 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2062 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4433 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5017 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	61.2% Good	Read 498 Write 191 Mixed 227 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 11.2 96% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 10.5 19% 37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 911GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 185363592 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14039185 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 538116127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 540 (C2) HDA temperature 31 13 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 185363592 (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 -28952374540914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11113279272 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8884876899	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 180 Mixed 154 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.32 105% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 2x8GB 3,152 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 27.6 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	757x
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 $109Bench 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	112x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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