MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	154% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	58.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '20 at 12:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 251 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 762 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 112% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 2TB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1128 1335 1597 488 416 1327 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 887 Write 693 Mixed 804 SusWrite 1,049 194% 858 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 14.7 129% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 766 470% 520 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 333%
WDC WD82PURZ-85TEUY0 8TB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 133 122 136 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 83.9 Write 137 Mixed 146 SusWrite 123 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 1.7 24% 7.63 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 6.2 DQ Mixed 2.6 2% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 29%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 121 134 129 127 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 137%

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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%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $641

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