MSI H270 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 01:37
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 560 62% 487 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F5) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 470.05 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 119 Parallax 126 109% 126 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 105 Splatting 89.1 89% 112 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G1G0A- 240GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 66 87 70 71 77 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 379 Write 12.4 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 75.8 28% 132 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 9.3 85% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 34.8 48% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$140 12,308 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 1TB free Firmware: RKT343.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2036 1761 1356 677 673 676 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 865 Write 1,302 Mixed 1435 SusWrite 1,197 273% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 58.8 209% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 1,042 738% 939 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 303%
Drobo DroboPro 17.5TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 16TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.5 2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.22% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 66.2 Mixed 9.4 SusWrite 1.5 17% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0 140% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.22% Great: 53%
Drobo DroboPro 17.5TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 27 29 28 23 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 41.4 Write 50.2 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 25.8 30% 40.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 53%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 146 138 115 191 126 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 139 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.1 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	4	2	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0D36 C27F591

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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 $74Bench 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

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16