MSI H270M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	60.6% 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 (51%). 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 13:28
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 571 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14358360101038 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 65 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 32 292057776182 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6111762580879 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6031 (EA) Unknown 100 100 40035 (F1) Unknown 253 253 26919 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19769 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 498 Write 227 Mixed 344 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 1.83 68% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 5.37 55% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30073290862 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 24 326417514550 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 154621378599 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 655 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1031 (F1) Unknown 253 253 813 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18061 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 485 Write 381 Mixed 236 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 4.25 85% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 0.05 68% 165 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 86%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 165 165 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 10 (C2) HDA temperature 105 94 45 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 154 Mixed 147 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 54 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	107% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 172 Mixed 154 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.19 103% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 216GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 185 184 1708 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8051 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148247 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29% Poor	Read 51.1 Write 49.4 Mixed 51.2 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 18.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 91%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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