MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics88.9% 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 Drive65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 26 '20 at 12:36
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 143
2-Core 272
95% 170 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 783
78% 634 Pts
64-Core 790
49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 118
Parallax 100
92% 110 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 105
Splatting 102
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0509A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 58 57 58 58 57 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 514
Write 443
Mixed 42.2
SusWrite 91.2
60% 273 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 32.7
113% 34.3 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 25
DQ Mixed 23.4
38% 77 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB
842GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 484 491 494 494 494 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 519
Write 493
Mixed 413
SusWrite 489
108% 478 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 54.7
199% 76.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 360
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 128%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78
846GB free
Firmware: CC98
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 110 113 109 107 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
63.1% Good
Read 111
Write 106
Mixed 58.7
SusWrite 109
70% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
56.2% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 19.3
MC Mixed 15.5
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 18.1
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,741 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $631
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