MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 16:45
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 196 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 336 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.94% Terrible	Lighting 6.33 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 5.81 5% 6.87 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 12.6 8% 8.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9559574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 122097330295142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 40 68722098207 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68722098207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9559574 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9559574 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9559574 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8890 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4337 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4337 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5715 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5374009	50.2% Above average	Read 414 Write 118 Mixed 143 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 12.8 73% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 98.9 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 34.3 47% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 75%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4529 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 33 (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	43.7% Average	Read 79.9 Write 72 Mixed 76.9 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.36 110% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBR2 2x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.8% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 19.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 72%

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

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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 $250Bench 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 $25Bench 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 $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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