MSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI Z270 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171121
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 11 '17 at 18:58
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 92
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 476
58% 447 Pts
64-Core 494
31% 494 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 142
Parallax 121
108% 132 fps
MRender 98.3
Gravity 125
Splatting 107
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 168
Write 198
Mixed 523
67% 297 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 43.8
175% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 491
DQ Mixed 99.8
155% 288 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 157%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
79% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.5
80% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 22.7
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79%
Great: 90%

 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 1,728 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: $629
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