MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	26.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 674 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 75.2 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 65.5 61% 72.1 fps	Gravity 68.8 Splatting 72 63% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12546097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -72954314487976 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 587 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 42 38657458201 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 38657458201 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12546097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12546097 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12546097 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2565 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1841 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1841 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1155	58.5% Above average	Read 423 Write 112 Mixed 159 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.4 107% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 67.3 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.3 36% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 27GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2806 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 460 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 53 206157774879 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 85 85 15 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40395322750 (F7) Unknown 100 100 764989439 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2345884506	74.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 138 Mixed 214 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.8 127% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 40.7 71% 142 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2902 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2832 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.5 Mixed 114 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	80x
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	29x

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	10x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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