MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 17:11
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 754 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 68.6 62% 74.3 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 62.2 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2113 680 579 577 578 579 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,519 Write 2,267 Mixed 1,399 SusWrite 851 392% 1,759 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 87.3 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 1034 DQ Mixed 1,090 819% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 48 53 56 55 55 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.4% Average	Read 239 Write 101 Mixed 105 SusWrite 76.9 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 19.3 83% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 79.8 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 130 94% 120 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 100GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 107 107 109 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 459 Write 345 Mixed 340 SusWrite 159 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 41.3 158% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 206 176% 256 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 66GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 297 298 296 288 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 450 Mixed 381 SusWrite 314 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.7 216% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 356 262% 347 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 253GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 137 137 137 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 137 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 169 168 168 169 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 158 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 169 88% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.4 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 29.9 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

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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 $31Bench 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