MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics89.1% 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 Drive160% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171121
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 29 '18 at 19:29
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU 55%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 146
2-Core 292
97% 177 Pts
4-Core 570
8-Core 569
76% 569 Pts
64-Core 570
35% 570 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 111
Parallax 89.5
91% 104 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 105
Splatting 105
85% 103 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
160% Outstanding
Read 1,524
Write 387
Mixed 538
177% 816 MB/s
4K Read 64.4
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 44.5
209% 70.4 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 224
DQ Mixed 29
96% 213 MB/s
Poor: 88%
This bench: 160%
Great: 165%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB
215GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
44.9% Average
Read 84.1
Write 72.5
Mixed 74.5
58% 77 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 0.91
4K Mixed 0.33
75% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.9%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 26.5
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 25.3
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,727 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $641
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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