MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B47
Motherboard	MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 05:41
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 527 61% 477 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 135 Parallax 115 102% 125 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 121 Splatting 102 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 59 176093659177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 74467317 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1224399 (F8) Unknown 100 100 345735	92.5% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 390 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 22.8 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 23 85% 187 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 125%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 113GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (A5) Unknown 100 100 366511 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 193274052646 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 313 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 615 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10782636441 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16389867038	37.6% Below average	Read 351 Write 209 Mixed 223 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 9.12 4K Mixed 5.99 35% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.9 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 5.76 6% 9.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 56%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 880GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 128 Write 93.1 Mixed 104 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.03 8% 0.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 76%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 133 Write 139 Mixed 117 167% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.15 18% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 16.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 94%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 86%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 TOMAHAWK (MS-7B47)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	769x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	602x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	257x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	195x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	80x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	111x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	46x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $672

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