MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	155% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 01:14
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 790 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 98.7 Parallax 77.2 82% 92.1 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 539 233 235 235 270 452 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,001 Write 438 Mixed 828 SusWrite 327 144% 649 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 61.4 230% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 428 359% 508 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 181%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: SBFK10D7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 120 74 95 136 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 458 Write 129 Mixed 319 SusWrite 97.7 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 40.6 153% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 198 174% 259 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 38GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 337 272 192 259 246 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 459 Mixed 282 SusWrite 278 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 56.1 206% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 286 218% 293 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 63GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 81 74 72 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 133 Write 126 Mixed 104 SusWrite 81.5 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 88%

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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 $40Bench 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