MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.4% 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	115% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	14.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 697 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.2 81% 100 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 96.5 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 240GB 4,155 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 308 294 294 294 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 411 Mixed 353 SusWrite 317 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.5 199% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 104 144% 265 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 94%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 201 194 201 202 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 199 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 200 115% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 161% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBR2 2x8GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	250x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	97x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16