MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.9% 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	228% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 15:52
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 671 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 131 Parallax 110 99% 121 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 119 Splatting 98.7 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 315 317 318 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,758 Write 1,105 Mixed 726 SusWrite 339 217% 982 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 75.2 270% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,334 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 979 793% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 218GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 164 164 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 85 SusWrite 164 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 1,738 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	765x
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	226x
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	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16