MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	290% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 616 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 109% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1974 799 614 612 612 607 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,453 Write 2,294 Mixed 1,582 SusWrite 870 402% 1,800 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 87.8 293% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 1,076 808% 1,081 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 340%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 182GB free Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 461 463 466 464 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 456 Mixed 265 SusWrite 463 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.5 162% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 164 170% 279 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Jmicron Generic 240GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 117GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 119 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 364 Write 246 Mixed 242 SusWrite 169 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 14.9 57% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 37.8 43% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 530GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 200 200 200 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 206 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 199 126% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 2x8GB 3,152 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%

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

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,740 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	766x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	355x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	227x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16