MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% 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	222% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 00:30
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 224 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 511 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.4 88% 104 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 100 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 326 328 323 321 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,995 Write 1,431 Mixed 565 SusWrite 356 240% 1,087 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 56.4 230% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 1,216 DQ Mixed 809 700% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 689GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 711 819 850 822 682 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 998 Write 866 Mixed 698 SusWrite 712 184% 819 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.8 169% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 461 361% 493 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 445%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 341GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 106 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 108 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 533GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 99.8 Write 89 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 71.8 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 67%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 25.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,727 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	759x
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	112x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $641

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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