MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 05:30
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 408 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 173 92% 125 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 117 Splatting 128 93% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 380 389 408 388 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 388 Mixed 412 SusWrite 384 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 53.2 178% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 253 212% 307 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 467GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 154 153 157 152 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 142 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 154 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 628GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 192 193 194 190 195 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 115 Mixed 71 SusWrite 193 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 116 115 112 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 82 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 114 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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 $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	45x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	43x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $193

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16