MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.4% 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	93.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '22 at 01:58
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 174 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 246 31% 234 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$464 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% ASRock(1849 5217) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 128 Parallax 165 70% 126 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 89 Splatting 151 118% 144 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 91%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 371 363 318 264 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 298 Write 396 Mixed 334 SusWrite 321 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 47.4 148% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 158 170% 285 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x8GB 3,623 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

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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 $95Bench 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