MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 715 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 89% 110 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -34024730897519 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1646084 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1646084 (F2) Unknown 100 100 902391 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29820	73.1% Very good	Read 478 Write 213 Mixed 276 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14.2 126% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 74 70% 104 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 515GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 91256462 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6093450 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 571277346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4135 (C2) HDA temperature 34 11 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 91256462 (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 468151438149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2458808595 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2611057611	94.4% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 142 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 112%
Maxtor 6L200M0 204GB-$44 1,500 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 95GB free Firmware: BANC1E00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 205 203 10846 (04) Start/Stop count 243 243 20507 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 250 228 65094 (09) Power-on hours count 113 113 33757 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 249 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 249 249 1753 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 253 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 18181 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 249 16 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 251 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 5 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 249 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 159 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	24.7% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 41.6 Mixed 34.8 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 35%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 90GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 84 84 5570 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 18738 (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 92 92 42255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 58 386596887 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 587923491 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1855084 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	31% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 49.2 Mixed 51.7 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.11 30% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 2x8GB 3,272 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 86%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16