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 as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.2% 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 (57%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 00:14
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 186 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 446 53% 410 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65405093	68.2% Good	Read 473 Write 251 Mixed 307 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 19.2 86% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 38.1 68% 135 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 124%
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 way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 123056752 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 78933 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (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 69 62 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 537 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (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 45174466019337 (F1) Unknown 100 253 157095377 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78339639	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 181 Mixed 168 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 21GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.42% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 9.48 Mixed 9.11 15% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.007 18% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.42% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 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 $60Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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