MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190402
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '20 at 21:37
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 584 67% 521 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 127 117% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,903 Write 859 Mixed 476 235% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 45.3 182% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 867 DQ Mixed 862 668% 916 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 238GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 254 253 254 254 257 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 461 Write 249 Mixed 223 SusWrite 254 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 25.4 127% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 187 173% 270 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 165GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 86 86 83 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 49.3 Write 79 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 83.3 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 159% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 764GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 120 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 96GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 114 117 116 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 69 SusWrite 116 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 316GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 167 169 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 154 Mixed 32 SusWrite 169 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D32BEEAK.K8FB 2x8GB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 112%

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Typical Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) Builds (Compare 2,231 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	772x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	603x
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	196x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16