MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive237% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171121
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 30 '19 at 12:30
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 91.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 230
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 373
8-Core 556
58% 464 Pts
64-Core 623
39% 623 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.5% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 112
Parallax 105
83% 106 fps
MRender 97.4
Gravity 95.2
Splatting 97.5
79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 430 303 303 303 303 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 1,992
Write 1,449
Mixed 727
SusWrite 467
256% 1,159 MB/s
4K Read 51.6
4K Write 188
4K Mixed 58.8
253% 99.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,120
DQ Write 1,262
DQ Mixed 717
671% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 237%
Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50
60GB free
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 507
Write 458
Mixed 361
SusWrite 99.4
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 40.1
153% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 175
180% 294 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139
760GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 81 79 80 80 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 55.7
Write 62.5
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 78.2
40% 54.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
32% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.3% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.4
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 21.6
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 1,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $631
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