MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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 ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 549 73% 549 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.5 65% 74.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 71 Splatting 72.4 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (A2) Unknown 77 77 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 87 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6496360 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1180	53.6% Above average	Read 486 Write 110 Mixed 191 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 4.96 89% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 1.84 20% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 84%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,666 Write 1,177 Mixed 1,314 377% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 29.5 188% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 59.7 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 30.2 44% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 236%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 529GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 176 Mixed 157 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207068872 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 271430242 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 59 403898390 (C2) HDA temperature 22 41 60129542166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 34 207068872 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86943022992456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4235673275 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2179254274	70% Very good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 106 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.81 139% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 156 7133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1129 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1129 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.9% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 50.6 Mixed 44.8 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 51%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 135 Write 71.3 Mixed 88.5 116% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.85 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.83 107% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 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: $785

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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