MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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 Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 11:52
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 500 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 161 Parallax 155 129% 158 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 154 Splatting 121 109% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0120A 120GB 4,895 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 102 34 52 44 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 300 Write 241 Mixed 219 SusWrite 66.9 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 5.3 103% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 127 121% 187 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$28 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 496GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 176 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 158 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 178 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.5 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

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

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 414 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	88x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $30Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $590

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