MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$230 712,312 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 (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 716 75% 600 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 106% 131 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 355GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 101 (A8) Unknown 100 100 132 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2077 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749413405 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 80 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 25188 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17356 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13714 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 466 Mixed 467 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.6 148% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 62 123% 249 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 174GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 346 (A9) Unknown 100 100 602 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 177 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 47 201864577051 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1370 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46400 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21120 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24881 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 65% Great: 114%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 326 Mixed 345 152% 705 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 17 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 43 134% 297 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176544376 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1037 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23338026 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 61 470941723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17490 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (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 54082228195704 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5799066005 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24261929156	93.6% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 138 Mixed 165 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 3.82 Mixed 8.35 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.27 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 1.21 108% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 2,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	249x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	97x
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 $94Bench 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: $773

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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