MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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	71.5% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration	329 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 798 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 118% 139 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 955GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 42 249110069298 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 94017392 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2958358 (F8) Unknown 100 100 352859 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8728 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	71.5% Very good	Read 488 Write 342 Mixed 340 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 15.7 98% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 15.6 24% 43.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6941144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 136365211660607 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2360 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 557 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 73017262113 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 73017262113 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6941144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6941144 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6941144 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53954 (EA) Unknown 0 0 50302 (F1) Unknown 0 0 50302 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16931	37.8% Below average	Read 163 Write 83 Mixed 103 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 8.25 83% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 30.2 32% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 490GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55576064 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87346263 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6441 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1193 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 62 623050788 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23436 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 73014444068 (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 85362475013464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25055826475 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117526174465	74.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 135 Mixed 124 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.51 175% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 238GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107622024 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24262540 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (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 64 57 623050788 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7874 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 73014444068 (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 34089155429657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6675421569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13508444748	64.2% Good	Read 119 Write 104 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 113%
USB DISK Pro 4GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 4223 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 15 Write 3.86 Mixed 4.51 8% 7.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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