MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '24 at 05:00
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 201 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 657 58% 492 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 546.65 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 176 Parallax 163 122% 163 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 159 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1101 512GB 10,396 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20210001 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,018 Write 1,067 Mixed 956 227% 1,014 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.4 207% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 931 DQ Mixed 1,014 753% 996 MB/s
Poor: 105% Great: 200%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 283 289 291 290 288 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 457 Mixed 355 SusWrite 298 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 51.2 149% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 333GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 98 98 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 96.6 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 97.7 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 86%

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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	41	17	240	27"	1280 720	AOC2701 PD27QS8R4

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Typical H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	66x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	44x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $78Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $68Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	23x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $404

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16