MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.6% 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	68.1% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 17:40
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 755 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 1B2A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1018 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 59.8 Parallax 84.2 54% 69.9 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 75.1 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 137577787 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -39350490360694 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1135 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 91 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 51542491167 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 51542491167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 137577787 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 137577787 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 137577787 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11007 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7927 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7927 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10655	68.1% Good	Read 449 Write 199 Mixed 256 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14.3 109% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 93.9 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 50.6 66% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 84%
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 90GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 100 100 129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 387 (A3) Unknown 100 100 90 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21964 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 299017 (F5) Unknown 100 100 175712	73.1% Very good	Read 438 Write 250 Mixed 241 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 22.1 99% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 44.8 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 129 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2072 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 128744 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 125 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 120GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 85 228270072 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (07) Seek error rate 59 51 1984709939467 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4340 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 49 68380380 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 38027 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.9% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 58.8 Mixed 62.6 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 145 Write 102 Mixed 117 149% 121 MB/s	4K Read 7.39 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 1.78 213% 4.28 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%

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Gaming 53%

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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 $250Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $649

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