MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	86.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '24 at 19:28
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 430 55% 415 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 97.8 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 271 232 149 83 206 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 801 Write 740 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 239 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 2.9 75% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 182 209% 359 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 182%
Seagate BarraCuda 120 SS 500GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 465GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 332 340 396 402 402 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 318 Write 362 Mixed 301 SusWrite 357 76% 335 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 24.1 77% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 119 96% 133 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 72GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 101 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 118 Write 78.5 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 99.9 71% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 86%

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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: 0P 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	71	59	60	27"	1920 1080	DELD0A1 SE2717H/HX

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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	765x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	354x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	200x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16