MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	274% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 23:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 524 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 853GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1290 1399 1429 1484 1488 1487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1,523 Mixed 1,116 SusWrite 1,429 314% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 83.1 292% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 271 357% 634 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 295%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 195GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 141 91 92 91 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 452 Mixed 355 SusWrite 141 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.9 167% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 176 175% 279 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 99%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 71 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 105 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 408GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 109 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 66 SusWrite 108 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%

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 (82^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.2 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 104%

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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 1,728 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	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