MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.31% 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	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 17:53
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$95 234,266 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 (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 430 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A68) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.31% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 6.81 5% 7.58 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 6.07 Splatting 13.8 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 281GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 430 Write 414 Mixed 426 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 20.5 77% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 65.5 65% 104 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 101%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE240GB-3D 240GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0207A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9294 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (94) Unknown 100 100 652 (95) Unknown 100 100 64 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 40 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 95435 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45846 (F5) Unknown 100 100 148704 (F8) Unknown 100 100 789656	85.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 305 Mixed 381 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 28.6 116% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 69.2 101% 186 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 163 6800 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 104083 (C2) HDA temperature 124 118 26 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 167 Mixed 149 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.18 107% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 320GB-$54 6,728 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 198GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205253484 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 350495069 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 487915547 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 39 205253484 (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 -86410446986983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1566451891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1279384625	46.2% Average	Read 75.8 Write 85.1 Mixed 79 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%
Flash Disk 0GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 2096 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.88% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 4.3 Mixed 5.99 8% 6.99 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.09 24% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.88% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 86%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 409 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	83x
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	63x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16