MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	228% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 19:31
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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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-$250 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 763 79% 637 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.8 85% 104 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 94 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,942 Write 1,119 Mixed 1,149 309% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 40 208% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 182 214% 372 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Intel MEMPEK1W016GA 14GB 866 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 13GB free Firmware: K3110300 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 872 Write 145 Mixed 247 90% 421 MB/s	4K Read 215 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 102 510% 139 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 236 210% 329 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 245%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 242GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 245 214 7741 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 588 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9002 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 39 (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	51.2% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 81.3 Mixed 75.8 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 102GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5608 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5880 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5864 (C2) HDA temperature 112 87 38 (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	40.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 62.5 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.45 127% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2596 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6392 (C2) HDA temperature 108 102 35 (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	56.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 95 Mixed 106 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 249 Write 105 Mixed 140 186% 165 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 9.29 4K Mixed 4.37 504% 8.12 MB/s	DQ Read 11.3 DQ Write 9.39 DQ Mixed 4.46 513% 8.38 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 104 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK OPT BOOST (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	36x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	26x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	19x

GPU
GTX Titan XNvidia $615Bench 75%, 15,621 samples	18x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	9x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	5x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples	10x
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 4x8GBSamsungBench 79%, 2,229 samples	8x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	5x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $933

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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