MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 99.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53% 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% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 16:10
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 294 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 754 84% 658 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.1 54% 65.3 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 53 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 60GB-$56 675 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8596629061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -26302379717330 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1689 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 6694469 (64) Unknown 0 0 50306 (AA) Unknown 0 0 736 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 76 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 39 42952228897 (C2) HDA temperature 33 39 42952228897 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8596629061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 42077794598912 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8596629061 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8596629061 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 45 45 1 (E8) Unknown 0 0 2 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40226 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8097 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8097 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7455	68% Good	Read 431 Write 117 Mixed 153 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 19 133% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 41.8 53% 93.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 927GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201727216 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46487075 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73128 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 38654705695 (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 -16565688856566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31754925496 (F2) Unknown 100 253 323696735451	110% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 184 Mixed 180 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 23.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $641

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