MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	262% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 02:21
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 221 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 702 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2060) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 98.3 82% 99.5 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 75.7 78% 98.1 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP4001T 1TB 2,119 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 838GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2106 1005 998 998 1004 1012 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,168 Write 2,500 Mixed 1,401 SusWrite 1,187 356% 1,564 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 83.2 286% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,241 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,254 931% 1,228 MB/s
Poor: 151% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 312%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 436GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 309 294 291 290 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 347 Mixed 322 SusWrite 304 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44.6 169% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 221 190% 281 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 111GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 435 439 440 440 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 420 Mixed 374 SusWrite 438 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 19.4 131% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 94.5 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 23 71% 146 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 161 159 160 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 168 Mixed 108 SusWrite 159 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 18,141 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 34.7 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 46.7 SC Mixed 31 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 126%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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