MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% 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	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 19:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 786 83% 663 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 87% 110 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 69GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 337 315 326 321 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 451 Mixed 438 SusWrite 331 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.6 183% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 293 230% 317 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 111 102 113 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 258 Write 150 Mixed 183 SusWrite 104 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.8 150% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 67.1 69% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 52GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 371 326 287 291 466 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 451 Mixed 434 SusWrite 350 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 51.8 183% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 294 231% 318 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 283GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 160 157 158 158 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 158 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 22.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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