MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	185% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180809
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 07:17
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 702 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 8 7% 9.39 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 309 308 308 307 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,473 Mixed 684 SusWrite 355 245% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 33.5 151% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,100 DQ Write 797 DQ Mixed 645 564% 847 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
TP20EZRX-00E8B0 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 69GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 63 56 53 22 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 146 Write 122 Mixed 53 SusWrite 50.9 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 94%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 12GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 16 19 17 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 65 Write 21 Mixed 16 SusWrite 16.7 22% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 25.6 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 101%

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Workstation 76%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $785

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