MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 11:10
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 655 74% 580 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 124 110% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3547 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 817 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9678600408	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 400 Mixed 411 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 34.4 162% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 27.7 60% 115 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3347 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 757 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3118432704	113% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 44.8 178% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 107 134% 240 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 109GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 3557990 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 93664646805031 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2811 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 61 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3557990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3557990 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3557990 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10038 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8533 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8533 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14199	51.3% Above average	Read 196 Write 112 Mixed 122 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 12.1 110% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 30.4 47% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 188328880 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 153806 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 622460964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1801 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 111669149732 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22621592747951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1142228414 (F2) Unknown 100 253 555253079	99.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 169 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 22.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

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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 $241Bench 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 $40Bench 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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16