MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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 Drive	269% 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.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 05:13
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 214 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 636 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 109% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 543 581 584 591 594 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,452 Write 2,208 Mixed 1,551 SusWrite 624 381% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 84.4 278% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1120 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 1045 783% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 340%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 178GB free Firmware: X21100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 464 460 464 465 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 457 Mixed 287 SusWrite 462 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 159% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 166 172% 284 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 457GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 201 202 202 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 81 SusWrite 200 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 2x8GB 3,152 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.3 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.7 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 97%

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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 1,725 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

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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	757x
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 $273	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 $186	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