MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 108%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161215
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 20 '18 at 07:16
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 738
70% 582 Pts
64-Core 755
47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 189
Parallax 190
144% 185 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 176
Splatting 120
112% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 433 454 468 462 433 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 473
Write 450
Mixed 402
SusWrite 442
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 53.2
178% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 361
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 117%
Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 119 116 117 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
54.9% Above average
Read 73.5
Write 108
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 116
67% 91.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 0.5
186% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 90%
General UDisk 4GB
4GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
8.31% Terrible
Read 23.2
Write 12.2
Mixed 7.3
SusWrite 13.7
17% 14.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.1
34% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 8.31%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.2% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 15.3
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 19.1
SC Mixed 18.4
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 58.6
68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 52.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,727 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $641
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