MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 568 72% 547 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2923 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 194 Parallax 200 150% 193 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 185 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505CUA SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 209 219 217 217 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 374 Write 273 Mixed 278 SusWrite 212 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 39.7 168% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 129 127% 203 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$240 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 198GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 394 162 178 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 459 Mixed 381 SusWrite 249 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.4 165% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 205 188% 286 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 690GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 139 142 144 144 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 79.5 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 142 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	773x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	230x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	216x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	203x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	36x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $651

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16