MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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.
Boot Drive	122% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 01:28
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 514 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 119% 144 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 833GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4770 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3731 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4310 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	12.4% Very poor	Read 154 Write 89.2 Mixed 91.1 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 3% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 125%
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 250GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18649 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 831 (B1) Unknown 90 90 111 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 47 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 431 (EB) Unknown 99 99 489 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40687792566	122% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 506 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.1 184% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 119 154% 276 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46314472 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3411168 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10031 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 77309411366 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97706211020650 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1628749723 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6390196314	87.7% Excellent	Read 132 Write 172 Mixed 119 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.48 166% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	770x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	228x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	215x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	36x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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