MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.3% 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	246% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$235 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 703 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.7 38% 44.6 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,273 Write 1,121 Mixed 1,122 330% 1,505 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.7 218% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 211 234% 400 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 146GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14708 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 215 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1642512604	125% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.4 186% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 173 182% 301 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 48GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q 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 97 97 14729 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 216 (B1) Unknown 98 98 116 (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 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30677172289	113% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 392 Mixed 446 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 42 176% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 132 158% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 932GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 169132 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 114 Write 98 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 117GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 117 110 7108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5956 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 38 (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 200 159 642095 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 52.9 Mixed 51.4 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 57%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 98.3 135% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 86.2 133% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.27 49% 0.7 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 31.2 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.3 SC Mixed 30.6 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 125%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	767x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	356x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16