MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 14:53
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$169 195,006 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)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 292 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 576 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 99 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 414 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4094 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (64) Unknown 100 100 7713984 (65) Unknown 100 100 1344288 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 2274 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1337 (B7) Unknown 94 94 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 206159544363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 414 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 414 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14249 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7630 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11513 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8838 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 414	62.9% Good	Read 478 Write 256 Mixed 264 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 11.2 92% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 9.95 18% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC24 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 156 Mixed 144 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 203GB free Firmware: HP63 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174793664 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 215747833 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1605137913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 49 773324846 (C2) HDA temperature 46 51 42949673006 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 17 174793664 (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 0	59.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.6 Mixed 94.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.52 123% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.2 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 98%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	766x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	227x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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