MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.11% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 03:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 426 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5750 12,403 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E148) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	9.11% Terrible	Lighting 11.9 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 9.88 10% 10.4 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 11 8% 9.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.11% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 136 128 130 128 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 311 Write 144 Mixed 302 SusWrite 142 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 38.4 145% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 184 165% 247 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 125 127 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 95.6 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 126 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.7 377% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 186 187 187 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 175 Mixed 110 SusWrite 185 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 234GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 70 70 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 70.2 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 90%

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 22%

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Motherboard: MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	45x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	42x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	31x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	27x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x

RAM
CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 4,641 samples	6x
BL4G24C16U4B.8FE 2x4GBUnknownBench 78%, 648 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	4x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $193

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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