MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 21:13
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 508 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 71.9 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 63.6 56% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3913 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 780 (B1) Unknown 98 98 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7468073109	118% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 498 Mixed 512 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.8 170% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 163 171% 281 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,877 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,171 309% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 29.9 183% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 27 112% 254 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 124GB free Firmware: X4152012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10378 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 206159216676 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210455232561 (EE) Unknown 100 100 16693869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1625516297 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1948104308	106% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 472 Mixed 456 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.9 148% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 63.2 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX4M4B3000C15 029E CMD8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMD16GX4M4B3000C15 029E CMD8GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 32.6 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.5 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	766x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	355x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	227x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16