MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	194% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '21 at 12:39
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 449 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 80 Parallax 73.3 63% 76.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 71.5 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 430 429 426 426 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1402 Mixed 598 SusWrite 475 232% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 54.5 203% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 677 533% 742 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 102GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 867 637 637 635 591 401 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,921 Write 1,452 Mixed 692 SusWrite 628 260% 1,173 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 60 214% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 707 563% 791 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 406GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 619 629 596 595 595 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 676 Write 591 Mixed 608 SusWrite 608 140% 621 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 79.4 263% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 832 606% 789 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 698 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 108%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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