MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 15:39
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 535 58% 459 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 112 97% 117 fps	MRender 85.4 Gravity 116 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,772 Write 1,328 Mixed 541 267% 1,214 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 40.2 154% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 601 500% 725 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 655GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1192 1235 1266 1251 1261 1195 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,322 Write 1,281 Mixed 936 SusWrite 1,233 268% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.5 200% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 270 316% 542 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 255%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 128 130 130 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 114 Write 146 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 128 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 2TB 827GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 399 410 413 383 366 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 469 Write 439 Mixed 399 SusWrite 392 315% 425 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 52.8 8,999% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 362 3,322% 363 MB/s

Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.3 3.5 4.6 3.8 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.12% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 5 Mixed 11.9 SusWrite 3.3 11% 9.72 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.12% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3000C15-8GTZR 32GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 64%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	81x
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	30x

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	11x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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