MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 15:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 411 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 65.7 62% 72.8 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 408 438 441 440 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 440 Mixed 358 SusWrite 412 91% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 37.2 134% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 346 259% 344 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 177GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 276 274 273 273 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 291 Mixed 322 SusWrite 278 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 50.8 175% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 227 207% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 72.4 SusWrite 116 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 28.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 53%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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