MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.7% 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	78.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 162 2-Core 320 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 874 90% 724 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 91% 115 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 106 Splatting 112 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 195 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 51 210454511640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 63200677404 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1976752646 (F8) Unknown 100 100 431151242 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1238 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	78.3% Very good	Read 478 Write 276 Mixed 312 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 24.2 110% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 38 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1172 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8061019 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 685 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 283468824601 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111670984732 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1401 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1878 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1702 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3076 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 492 Write 326 Mixed 334 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 22 96% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 44.8 93% 195 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 99%

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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