MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '23 at 13:27
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 262 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 449 57% 434 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 90 Parallax 84.2 76% 89.2 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 72.3 70% 88.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 360GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 12 11 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 464 Write 53.7 Mixed 107 SusWrite 11.2 34% 159 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 15 57% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 70.7 87% 160 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 109GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 246 253 263 262 261 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 30 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 28.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 99%

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

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Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,750 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	770x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	229x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	215x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	54x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	36x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16