MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	330% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 20:27
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 521 70% 521 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8 6% 9.22 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,794 Write 2,039 Mixed 2,091 512% 2,308 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.8 247% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 35.7 129% 288 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 340%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 249GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14780 (A5) Unknown 100 100 42 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28878 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127210 (F2) Unknown 100 100 105638 (F5) Unknown 100 100 236480	102% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 437 Mixed 471 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.7 141% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 66.9 106% 200 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD2 4x4GB 339 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 94%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	66x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	43x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	23x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	8x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $388

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