MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	130% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '22 at 14:17
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 176 64% 112 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 642 58% 490 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3973) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 179 Parallax 171 147% 177 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 140 Splatting 118 119% 150 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 265GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1745 1847 1864 1895 1937 1953 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,331 Write 2,082 Mixed 1,389 SusWrite 1,874 431% 1,919 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 62.9 209% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1126 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 1,051 791% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 267GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2069 905 799 794 798 796 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2363 Write 1877 Mixed 1,706 SusWrite 1,027 390% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 67.3 208% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1070 792% 1,045 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 355%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 128 148 157 162 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 68.3 Write 197 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 148 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.2 391% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 111%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 64GB 1,211 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 10 12 11 11 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 18.7 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 11 25% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.5 252% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 4x8GB 12,036 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 130%

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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%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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