MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive142% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A69
MotherboardMSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 18 '19 at 07:35
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 114
2-Core 242
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 709
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 702
44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 340X
Dell(1028 0083) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.8.1
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
4.75% Terrible
Lighting 5.97
Reflection 4.88
Parallax 10.9
5% 7.26 fps
MRender 4.29
Gravity 8.93
Splatting 3.91
4% 5.71 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.75%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
326GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 914 927 926 918 927 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 1,417
Write 313
Mixed 14.8
SusWrite 916
146% 665 MB/s
4K Read 57.3
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 10.2
104% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 142%
Great: 242%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109
89GB free
Firmware: 1.3.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 94 95 97 97 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
60.5% Good
Read 151
Write 120
Mixed 130
SusWrite 96.2
28% 124 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 33.1
142% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 119
92% 125 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 60.5%
Great: 61%
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232
165GB free
Firmware: 5.02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 129 134 110 106 111 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 124
Write 204
Mixed 169
SusWrite 118
35% 154 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 36.6
147% 57 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 154
126% 178 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
74.5% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.5
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 30.3
SC Mixed 23.1
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $388
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