MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 22:34
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 378 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 11BF) ≥ 4GB; GALAX GTX 1050 Ti EXOC White CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 39.9 39% 40.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 38 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -89008902241074 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1406 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 256 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 47 68722556962 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 151442 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151442 (F2) Unknown 100 100 155807 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15267	57% Above average	Read 478 Write 122 Mixed 194 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 9.34 96% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 10.6 26% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 79%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 6GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13888980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -91766271244696 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 366 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 68723015712 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13888980 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13888980 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13888980 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2068 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2173 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2173 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1803	57.8% Above average	Read 401 Write 62.8 Mixed 115 41% 193 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 18 117% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 30 39% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 215 Mixed 158 141% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 1.02 187% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 44%

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Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 406 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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) $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