MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	192% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 02:00
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 562 76% 564 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 93% 111 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,571 Write 499 Mixed 800 209% 957 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 65 274% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 41.3 116% 249 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 107%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 427GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 187 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2456 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2416 (C2) HDA temperature 117 85 26 (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	50.8% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 88 Mixed 87.6 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 3,226 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 6.36 Mixed 10 14% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.65 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 29% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB 2,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 97%

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Gaming 53%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	760x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	353x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	213x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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