MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	82.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 708 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.9 89% 105 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.8 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 100 100 726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A2) Unknown 100 100 390 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983080 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 55546 (F2) Unknown 100 100 567	82.3% Excellent	Read 516 Write 347 Mixed 361 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 9.73 101% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 36.6 92% 194 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 524GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148218256 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 8641202279 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (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 61 49 690159655 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165376 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 42949672999 (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 104771432229239 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26892610682 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34491446393	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 173 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 375GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 173 1575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6125 (C2) HDA temperature 100 91 43 (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	77.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 133 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.28 124% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 251GB free Firmware: GR2OA350 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 227 100 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 590020648 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 983055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4129 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	47% Average	Read 88.1 Write 75.7 Mixed 71.2 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 113GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 70.3 Write 70.3 Mixed 67.2 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.25 65% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 66%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 67GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 69.4 Write 76.5 Mixed 51 84% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.29 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 19.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $629

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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