MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 22:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 415 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 44.6 37% 44.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 37.2 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 69694070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -7060926225968 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1698 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 131 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 67 68723867679 (C2) HDA temperature 31 67 68723867679 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 69694070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 69694070 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 69694070 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10443 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8765 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8765 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9015	41.4% Average	Read 159 Write 85.1 Mixed 103 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 10.6 90% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 98.4 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 19.4 35% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6395581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 115328461835025 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2364 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 167 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 66 77313736734 (C2) HDA temperature 30 66 77313736734 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6395581 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6395581 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6395581 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3082 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1440 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1440 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1775	57% Above average	Read 452 Write 79.3 Mixed 137 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 16.4 104% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 93.2 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 31.5 39% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 505GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5410 (C2) HDA temperature 109 81 34 (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 200 198 336 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 152 Write 118 Mixed 117 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 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: $640

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