MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% 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	145% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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-$62 149,467 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)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 460 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 3651) 2GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 21.4 14% 18.4 fps	MRender 21.7 Gravity 21.4 Splatting 15.3 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 375 375 353 352 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 958 Write 741 Mixed 371 SusWrite 357 135% 607 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 53.8 191% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 661 DQ Write 520 DQ Mixed 376 340% 519 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 155%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4GB free Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 458 Mixed 351 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 47 172% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 160 172% 288 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 59GB free, PID b4b5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Read 18 Write 16.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 14.4 22% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.2 76% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 98%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	66x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	44x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $69Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	10x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $68Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	23x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $395

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16