MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.62% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	138% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 07:20
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 780 84% 671 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.22 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,529 Write 353 Mixed 408 164% 763 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 16.9 126% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 12.3 121% 291 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 163859934 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20584107 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 404160536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 866 (C2) HDA temperature 24 20 85899345944 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 163859934 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73396696119776 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8309052888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12530815995	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 179 Mixed 157 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.31 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 53%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	757x
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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $649

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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