MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	60.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180517
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 02:48
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 697 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 93.6 86% 106 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 646GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 34 36 29 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 501 Write 40.7 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 37 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 18.3 78% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 196 186% 291 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 103%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 130GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 227 230 227 231 227 MB/s Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.8% Above average	Read 252 Write 226 Mixed 181 SusWrite 226 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 14.8 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 80.8 86% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 86%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 117 123 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 118 Mixed 75 SusWrite 120 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 149 148 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 142 Write 151 Mixed 103 SusWrite 150 186% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 28.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) Builds (Compare 2,235 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

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	604x
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 $90Bench 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	47x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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