MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 11:23
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 378 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 66.3 62% 73.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 71.6 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 284GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1880 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 954 (B1) Unknown 98 98 6 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 279 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6814642004	89.2% Excellent	Read 478 Write 259 Mixed 275 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 32.5 142% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 69.6 103% 197 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,105 Mixed 1,165 314% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.9 210% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 143 154% 260 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34388509111 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1567 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 236224315435 (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 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 139 Mixed 142 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 420GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7082 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1002 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1563 (0A) Spinup retry count 120 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1757 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044315180 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1105 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 109 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.31 114% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 4x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 102%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 406 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x
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	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $25Bench 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	10x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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