MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 08:49
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (93^rd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 374 46% 350 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 182 97% 131 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 124 Splatting 130 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 366 379 407 402 411 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 412 Mixed 409 SusWrite 380 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 50.9 174% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 58.9 51% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 478GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 176 182 175 179 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 141 Write 91 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 177 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 650GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 194 199 193 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 139 Mixed 79 SusWrite 195 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 115 116 116 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 113 Write 83.2 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 114 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.8 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 85%

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Typical H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 27%

Raft

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	45x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	43x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 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 $76Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $166

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16