MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 03:46
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 565 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 0 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 0.09 0% 3.81 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.4 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 195 Parallax 179 146% 184 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 179 Splatting 116 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 170 100 135 106 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,008 Write 232 Mixed 359 SusWrite 139 95% 435 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.4 168% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 662 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 379 340% 518 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 18GB free Firmware: D100309a SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 175 159 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 206 Write 157 Mixed 103 SusWrite 173 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 7.2 32% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 10.9 DQ Write 22.5 DQ Mixed 8.2 9% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 30%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 368GB free Firmware: AM0B1J SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 107 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 106 64% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%
Generic MassStorageClass 16GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 5GB free, PID 0749 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 63 63 65 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 65.7 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 63.4 88% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.6 105% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.5 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 95%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 407 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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