MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 01:24
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 461 66% 487 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 65.7 64% 73.2 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 69.5 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^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 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (64) Unknown 100 100 92992 (65) Unknown 100 100 19808 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 54 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 667 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 163210133539 (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 100 100 176 (EA) Unknown 100 100 116 (F1) Unknown 100 100 158 (F2) Unknown 100 100 87 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	56.4% Above average	Read 462 Write 190 Mixed 215 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 8.09 85% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 28.8 29% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 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 76 66 45120470 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 37799 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (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 60 60 673185832 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 40 20 85899345960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 8 45120470 (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 14392435408900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39111590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6008880	108% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 174 Mixed 133 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Read 35.9 Write 4.53 Mixed 7.43 14% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.16 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 12.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 52%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	759x
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	112x
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 $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