MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	116% 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.

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	12.9 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	Aug 10 '19 at 08:17
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	79.9% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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: 1660 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 169 92% 124 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 124 Splatting 131 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 426 430 448 448 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 407 Mixed 409 SusWrite 416 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 55.4 182% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 244 204% 297 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 463GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 147 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 75.3 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 146 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 588GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 191 193 192 196 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 115 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 193 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 114 116 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 114 Write 82.8 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 114 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 190% 2 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	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%

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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