MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 19:27
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 479 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.1 68% 78.4 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 75.3 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 148 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5973666826 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6849483759	46% Average	Read 447 Write 281 Mixed 317 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 8.75 4K Mixed 5.76 34% 9.72 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 8.99 DQ Mixed 5.65 8% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 56%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 36 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 25 (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 6	70.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 113 Mixed 99.6 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 125GB free Firmware: 3.AHG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 17532266438 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4108 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 47 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 61 91760707 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 51 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 66.7 Mixed 65.4 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 29.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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) $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