MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180809
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '23 at 18:39
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 369 47% 358 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Asus(1043 05D3) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.9.3 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 136 Parallax 222 92% 157 fps	MRender 217 Gravity 121 Splatting 182 142% 173 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 130 134 134 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 364 Write 143 Mixed 200 SusWrite 131 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 27.9 115% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 111 92% 131 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 77GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,442 Write 1,789 Mixed 1,509 355% 1,580 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 56 181% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 707 536% 733 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$159 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 218GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 111 105 100 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 109 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	170	27"	1280 720	ACR083D VG272U V

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	252x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	99x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $590

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