MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	273% 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	13.4 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	Jul 12 '19 at 17:27
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 529 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% 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: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 92% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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% 889GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 1178 1459 1496 1509 1506 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,517 Write 1,359 Mixed 1,117 SusWrite 1,349 300% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 85.2 302% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 954 DQ Mixed 271 358% 636 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 295%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 141 91 93 91 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 459 Mixed 351 SusWrite 137 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.9 163% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 176 175% 280 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 106 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 73.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 104 62% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 455GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 109 106 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 118 Write 60.5 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 107 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.5% 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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28.5 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 30.3 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $640

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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