MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	78.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '21 at 19:49
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$250 712,312 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 (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 218 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 711 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 84% 105 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 290 316 212 144 144 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 431 Write 318 Mixed 375 SusWrite 227 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 34.1 117% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 305 216% 271 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 95%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 236 240 73 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 289 Write 150 Mixed 188 SusWrite 128 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 18.5 73% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 52.1 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 52 40% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 462GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 126 128 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 126 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 431GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 58.9 Mixed 56 SusWrite 85.7 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	144	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F31 BenQ XL2411Z

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,727 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $649

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) $35	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