MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 18:26
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 397 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69 64% 75.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 73.2 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 279GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1988 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1002 (B1) Unknown 98 98 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 281 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6859183623	85.4% Excellent	Read 487 Write 270 Mixed 276 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 22.9 130% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 66.6 100% 194 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 821 Write 571 Mixed 609 148% 667 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.6 176% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 58.9 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 24.3 66% 133 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34388574648 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 904 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1680 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236224315421 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 141 Mixed 155 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 421GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7061 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1127 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1671 (0A) Spinup retry count 122 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 606 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1895 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044315163 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 1191 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 132 Mixed 109 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.57 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.25 128% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 4x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 102%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 409 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

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	83x
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	63x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $48Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16