MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.5% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 10:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 510 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.9% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 91.1 Parallax 73.4 64% 81 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 94.7 72% 87.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 104 97 96 97 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 311 Mixed 328 SusWrite 135 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 37.4 154% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 211 185% 274 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 89%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 797GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 130 130 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 78.3 Write 120 Mixed 66 SusWrite 130 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 209% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 101%

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

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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