MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78% 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	92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '20 at 12:08
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$114 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 228 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 575 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 70.2 85% 83.2 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.2 65% 80.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid Force MP500 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 576 540 580 583 588 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 541 Write 590 Mixed 423 SusWrite 561 119% 529 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 14.5 56% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 224 231% 360 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 165%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 191GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 115 129 131 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 194 Mixed 39 SusWrite 127 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2666 C18 2x8GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 21.5 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 96%

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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 2,258 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $179Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	783x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	606x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	260x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	197x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	187x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	114x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	47x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16