MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	240% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 23:59
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 498 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 87% 107 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 95 Splatting 95.5 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 304 302 302 300 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,834 Write 1,104 Mixed 703 SusWrite 326 219% 992 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 82.5 289% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1570 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 948 803% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 399GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 148 150 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 174 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 149 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 24.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 96%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	760x
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 $94Bench 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	113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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