MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.98% 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	93% 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	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

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

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 462 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 6.38 6% 8.29 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 15.2 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7397 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 338 (B1) Unknown 98 98 36 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13937306674	93% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 395 Mixed 404 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 24.3 138% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 23.7 60% 132 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 48%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	43x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 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	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

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