MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 20:31
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 684 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 76.8 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 66.5 63% 73.8 fps	Gravity 70.1 Splatting 69.6 62% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8613660035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -10428180593897 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 710 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 561 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 42 38657458204 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 38657458204 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 8613660035 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 8613660035 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 8613660035 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 445 (EA) Unknown 0 0 664 (F1) Unknown 0 0 664 (F2) Unknown 0 0 296	57.5% Above average	Read 443 Write 106 Mixed 156 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 10.3 107% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 11.3 26% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 27GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9043 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2624 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 459 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 206157774881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 85 85 15 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40384441877 (F7) Unknown 100 100 764642125 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2337426423	64.9% Good	Read 496 Write 137 Mixed 209 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 17 114% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 37 41% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 394GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5333 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2629 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 114 Mixed 99.4 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 21GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 14.4 Mixed 16.3 24% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.91 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.77 106% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 39%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

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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 $242Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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