MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	452 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 714 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 65.6 64% 73.8 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 67.3 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 32 Write 32.9 Mixed 28.6 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 3.66 4K Mixed 0.61 184% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 79GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 9480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 110033 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 223339020318 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31.1% Below average	Read 54.1 Write 54 Mixed 53 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 45%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 133036218 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 785902360 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4146 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 672596008 (C2) HDA temperature 40 56 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 53 10955514 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	24.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 47 Mixed 29.2 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.06 15% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 61 110224766 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1786 (05) Reallocated sector count 84 84 20792 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16095215 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 265 (BC) Unknown 100 95 73015558161 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 189 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538312736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1790 (C2) HDA temperature 32 11 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 110224766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132100309120349 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7163489480 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9913948820	61.5% Good	Read 113 Write 101 Mixed 77.6 73% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS54503 320GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 278GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 32.2 Mixed 32.3 42% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.34 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 29%
Generic USB Flash Disk 16GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.13% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 5.64 Mixed 7.18 10% 8.53 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.002 1% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.13% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 104%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	36x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	26x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	19x

GPU
GTX Titan XNvidia $615Bench 75%, 15,621 samples	18x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	9x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	5x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	10x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 4x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,229 samples	8x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	5x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $913

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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