MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	158% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 23:44
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 848 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8 7% 9.47 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 2,048 Write 191 Mixed 333 182% 858 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 37.3 167% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 479 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 74.5 120% 240 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 178%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 152 (C2) HDA temperature 120 119 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 140 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 296GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 98 79572139 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2043 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 74 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 631368127 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4285995467 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196633 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538771488 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 21 79572139 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 74 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.6% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 91 Mixed 85.4 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 68%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 17GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 18.1 Mixed 19.1 25% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.44 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 1.54 138% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 26.4 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 27.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	248x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	96x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	87x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	20x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	12x

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Total price: $793

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