MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '21 at 21:46
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 706 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 87% 107 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,690 Write 1434 Mixed 1,263 325% 1,462 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 70.3 248% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 850 DQ Write 942 DQ Mixed 798 628% 864 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 222GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 54 54 55 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 431 Mixed 382 SusWrite 88.2 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47.9 168% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 251 210% 302 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 91%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 525GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1718 1726 1104 540 481 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 1,728 Mixed 1,359 SusWrite 1,008 333% 1,485 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 86.8 294% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 1,119 DQ Mixed 433 506% 869 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 311%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4W.M8FE 859B BLS8G4D30AESCK.M8FE 859B BL8G32C16U4W.M8FE 859B BLS8G4D30AESCK.M8FE 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.3 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 98%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	766x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	355x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	227x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	214x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	40x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	115x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	53x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	35x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16