MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 21:54
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 60.7 59% 68.2 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 72.1 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (64) Unknown 100 100 71504 (65) Unknown 100 100 13328 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 683 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 154620330015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 135 (EA) Unknown 100 100 78 (F1) Unknown 100 100 119 (F2) Unknown 100 100 92 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	57.1% Above average	Read 469 Write 188 Mixed 216 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 7.95 71% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 26.7 54% 110 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 82%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 2083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3850 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3850 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12642 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 107 Write 102 Mixed 99.3 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.34 111% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-033.A00G 2x4GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 75%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 409 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	83x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16