MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	94.8% 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.
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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 07:30
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 708 77% 608 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 7.44 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 16.4 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 21 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 752574718	94.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 27.4 148% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 26.7 54% 104 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 875GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 68 (C2) HDA temperature 109 107 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 167 Mixed 162 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.34 136% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 407 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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	81x
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	62x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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