MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 741 70% 579 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.4% Average	Lighting 22.5 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 18% 82.5 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,062 Write 806 Mixed 660 187% 843 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 22.3 121% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 96.7 171% 339 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 78GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4336706 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -127105262157363 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 51 8593276960 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 8593276960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4336706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4336706 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4336706 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964422 (EA) Unknown 0 0 777 (F1) Unknown 0 0 777 (F2) Unknown 0 0 988 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718635	67.3% Good	Read 469 Write 190 Mixed 270 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 18.3 105% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 99.2 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 48.3 62% 107 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 85%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -56564718385922 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1790 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 110 110 37010273 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1790 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 214259 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 214259 (F2) Unknown 100 100 281093 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6840	71.1% Very good	Read 500 Write 148 Mixed 206 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 17.3 118% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 51.5 72% 135 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 216 170 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1313 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10340 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 28 (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	96% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 156 Mixed 150 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.27 113% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 201GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5040 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1699 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4815 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (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	71.8% Very good	Read 119 Write 131 Mixed 136 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 108%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 8GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 8.29 Mixed 10.9 16% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 19% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.7 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

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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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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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 $15	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