MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	110% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 19:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 699 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% 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 3470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 86% 109 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 101 Splatting 108 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 364GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 156 228 210 201 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 442 Write 351 Mixed 286 SusWrite 230 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 18.8 77% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 41.9 49% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 355 245 244 243 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 457 Mixed 261 SusWrite 300 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.2 187% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 235 202% 300 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 16GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 51.6 Write 54.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 60.1 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 119 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 100 Write 82.8 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 117 60% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x4GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 112%

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Gaming 53%

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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