MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

18 days ago, 18 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 20:19
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-7600K-$251 114,303 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.3% Very good	1-Core 112 2-Core 232 80% 172 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 465 63% 460 Pts	64-Core 469 32% 469 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$280 768,624 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 217 Reflection 198 Parallax 232 57% 216 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 203 Splatting 164 56% 171 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$42 378,482 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 99 131 112 98 112 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 38 SusWrite 111 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 98%

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

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,364 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 79%

Battleship

Desktop 105%

UFO

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 86%, 359,342 samples	776x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 82%, 114,303 samples	275x
Core i7-7700Intel $289Bench 76%, 122,764 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $409Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	265x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	240x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 768,624 samples	176x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 144,261 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	101x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $61Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	84x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 87%, 164,531 samples	62x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $175Bench 86%, 23,037 samples	39x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $54

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24