MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 20:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 492 60% 458 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.03 6% 9.11 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM02D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 195 186 172 188 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 448 Write 218 Mixed 256 SusWrite 184 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 23.1 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 91.9 DQ Mixed 133 114% 173 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 935GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 166 170 168 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 158 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 167 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 498GB free Firmware: AX0K1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 93 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 96.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 92.6 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 16GB 2,897 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 12 11 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 37 Write 10.7 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 11.5 22% 19.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 82% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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