MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

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-$241 712,312 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 (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 780 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 40.9 Parallax 53.8 36% 46.3 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 37.7 38% 48.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 7983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 167504904219 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3016259464 (F7) Unknown 100 100 94363093 (F8) Unknown 100 100 55695660 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1937 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 340 Mixed 338 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 26.3 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 46.3 99% 205 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 99%
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3975 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 182 182 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 158915100699	67.5% Good	Read 516 Write 38.1 Mixed 428 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 12.1 122% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 19.5 75% 162 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 635GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 48036332 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5264612 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -117720758612124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 69 420675605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7062 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 77309411349 (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 7589207215630 (F1) Unknown 100 253 945711138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1299591661 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 89.3 Write 80.6 Mixed 72.1 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.37 112% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 105%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
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 $95Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $784

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