MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% 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	32GB 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 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 02:41
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 748 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 84.3 72% 89.5 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 93.3 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 217 218 213 220 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 456 Mixed 244 SusWrite 221 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.1 173% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 233 195% 284 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 292GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 437 257 247 245 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 476 Mixed 378 SusWrite 316 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 43.2 163% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 328 248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 307GB free Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 587 592 595 593 587 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 989 Write 635 Mixed 486 SusWrite 594 151% 676 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 59.1 210% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,146 DQ Write 1,378 DQ Mixed 1,304 971% 1,276 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 291%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 123 123 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 112 Write 95 Mixed 61 SusWrite 121 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 114%

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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