MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	22.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '22 at 23:46
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 709 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 98.4 Parallax 115 98% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 110 Splatting 90.5 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D56 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,504 Write 840 Mixed 660 289% 1,334 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 69.3 228% 80.3 MB/s	DQ Read 60.2 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 78.9 72% 106 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 273%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 306 307 306 306 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 486 Mixed 390 SusWrite 323 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59 211% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 71.1 64% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 121 122 122 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 115 Write 100 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 120 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 86 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 187 Write 174 Mixed 108 SusWrite 86.8 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 105%

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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 $250Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $649

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