MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '23 at 02:02
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 547 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 111 Parallax 118 103% 119 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 82.9 83% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1030 1TB SSD 1,412 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS103500 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 153 156 173 360 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 993 Mixed 996 SusWrite 200 176% 785 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 43.2 155% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 474 DQ Mixed 708 484% 596 MB/s
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 279%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 238GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 255 243 244 243 242 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 454 Write 421 Mixed 387 SusWrite 267 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 34.1 119% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 323 248% 337 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 97%
Sandisk PLUS 2000GB 3,472 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: UP4504RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 249 169 181 168 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 413 Write 354 Mixed 280 SusWrite 214 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 13.8 64% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 32.7 47% 87 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 56%
Liteon IT LCS-128M6S 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: DC73103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 310 311 296 309 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 450 Write 312 Mixed 274 SusWrite 306 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 30.1 113% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 206 187% 285 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 128GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 119GB free Firmware: DC70106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 305 308 312 295 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 453 Write 309 Mixed 262 SusWrite 304 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 30.8 117% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 197 182% 279 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 250GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 228GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 128 Write 79.8 Mixed 58.3 102% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.2 93% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 82.4 49% 82.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	53	22	60	24"	1280 720	ACR02FF G246HL

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 413 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	88x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	31x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $32Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16