MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.3% 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	86.5% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '18 at 10:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 770 77% 626 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 141 Parallax 118 103% 128 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 123 Splatting 106 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 135 131 132 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 421 Write 142 Mixed 208 SusWrite 132 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 42.3 178% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 121 105% 157 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 73%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 211 176 132 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 498 Mixed 387 SusWrite 207 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46 177% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 200 189% 292 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 389GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 132 132 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 122 Mixed 105 SusWrite 132 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 4,300 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 391GB free, PID 61b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 98 Write 61.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 99.1 104% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 859B BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FB 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.2 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%

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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 $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