MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '18 at 22:01
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$228 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 566 67% 518 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$350 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 186 Parallax 146 136% 166 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 162 Splatting 116 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15753321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9491877735550 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1154 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 581 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 74 1086631575589 (C2) HDA temperature 37 74 1086631575589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15753321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15753321 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15753321 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11881 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10008 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10008 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10794	72.1% Very good	Read 516 Write 195 Mixed 229 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 17 118% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 13.1 42% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 94%
Lacie 2big Dock Thunde 10TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 9TB free Firmware: 1153 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	134% Outstanding	Read 248 Write 217 Mixed 190 164% 218 MB/s	4K Read 7.71 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.45 453% 4.18 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9TB free Firmware: SNC0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 90980907 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 166497294 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18970870550581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 52 4295037247 (BD) vendor-specific 83 83 17 (BE) vendor-specific 51 41 825032753 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2807 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5433 (C2) HDA temperature 49 59 68719476785 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 1 90980907 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4612 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115667764249184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17143987863 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67235213037
Poor: 13% Great: 110%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2.5TB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 36104789 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 94 60 2827658809 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885229573 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 45 33 65675271012407 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3456 (C2) HDA temperature 55 67 -140737488355273 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 7 36104789 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 159 Mixed 147 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.46 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

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Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	777x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	358x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	170x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	232x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	216x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	205x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	36x

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Total price: $632

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