MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	208% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 736 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 366E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1591 MHz, MLim: 1799 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 80 77% 88.9 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 82.4 Splatting 73.8 65% 80.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 301 290 288 292 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 1,422 Mixed 1,262 SusWrite 310 257% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 73.7 265% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 1,089 DQ Mixed 791 647% 910 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 228%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 54 54 54 54 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 406 Mixed 381 SusWrite 88.5 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.6 173% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 242 203% 293 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 596GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 162 161 164 164 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 141 Mixed 106 SusWrite 162 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 5,706 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 114%

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Workstation 45%

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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) $30	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