MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 07:46
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 488 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 119 Parallax 98 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH R3_120GB 120GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 136 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24004 (A5) Unknown 100 100 41 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68672 (F2) Unknown 100 100 53521 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48008	98% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 373 Mixed 426 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 24.7 146% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 24.7 90% 197 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 197GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 96 217406661 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 50015884 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 430 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131225 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 689504287 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 34 217406661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2016 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99879464463704 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3590495744 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2574477237	60.5% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 102 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.64 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 1x8GB 1,679 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 54%

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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 $273	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 $177	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