MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 236 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 720 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 939 MHz, MLim: 1095 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.6% Average	Lighting 56.3 Reflection 50.3 Parallax 66.2 46% 57.6 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 65 45% 53.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9416822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -10247791957104 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4189 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 488 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9416822 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9416822 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9416822 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12606 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9856 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9856 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18532	39.1% Below average	Read 195 Write 107 Mixed 109 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 10.8 72% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 74.5 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 33.5 40% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 61%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 198 9058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 127 (C2) HDA temperature 124 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 100%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 266GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 204 164 2758 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6328 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6036 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5248 (C2) HDA temperature 116 82 31 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 104 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.45 121% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.9 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 29.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	96x
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 $95Bench 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: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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