MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	70.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 07:59
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 263 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 782 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 142 Parallax 122 116% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 131 Splatting 102 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 100 100 370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (64) Unknown 100 100 1196480 (65) Unknown 100 100 301056 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 176 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 171800068122 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2150 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1272 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1819 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1088 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 475 Write 263 Mixed 266 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 12.4 91% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 29.6 73% 157 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 44889448 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1767878 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (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 72 68 521338908 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2766 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 81604378652 (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 -64063732186959 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1272593839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13867407641	109% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 169 Mixed 170 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.24 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Jmicron Corp. 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1TB free Firmware: 0117 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 131 Mixed 132 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.41 124% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 757GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 102 Write 90.6 Mixed 53.4 100% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 91%

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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 $179	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