MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.9% 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	131% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '18 at 12:54
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 739 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 85% 109 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 221 219 223 226 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 831 Mixed 747 SusWrite 256 145% 646 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 52.2 186% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 569 DQ Mixed 500 412% 591 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 141%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 80 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 83.4 Write 78.7 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 79 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%
Seagate ST1000LM014-SSHD-8GB 1TB 16,795 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: LVD6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 119 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 98.6 Write 58.9 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 118 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 377% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 28GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 67 67 68 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 91.2 Write 65.3 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 67.1 90% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 5.1 327% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3067, 3067 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.9 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	765x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	354x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16