MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '23 at 18:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 688 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 207 Parallax 127 102% 153 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 330 332 334 334 328 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 429 Mixed 381 SusWrite 322 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 52.8 173% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA-RC500 500GB 4,418 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 325GB free Firmware: ECFA12.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 1249 809 749 754 754 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,009 Write 1,285 Mixed 1,156 SusWrite 910 247% 1,090 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 48.6 173% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,000 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 888 653% 863 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 233%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 900GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 175 172 169 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 157 Mixed 112 SusWrite 173 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA STOR.E ALU 2S 1TB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 66GB free, PID 0b19 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 75 75 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 81.9 Write 70.4 Mixed 18 SusWrite 76.5 80% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 5,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 112%

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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	144	24"	1280 720	ACI24A4 VG248

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	250x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	98x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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