MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, 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	259% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '22 at 22:43
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-12GB 12,228 User benchmarks, average bench 96% MSI(1462 3861) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 112 Parallax 128 105% 123 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 119 Splatting 100 94% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 820 647 651 651 649 648 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2035 Write 1,488 Mixed 928 SusWrite 678 285% 1,282 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 83 286% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 947 DQ Mixed 1,013 776% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 259%
WL2000GSA6472 2TB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OABC0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 145 149 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 136 Write 146 Mixed 30 SusWrite 146 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 10,593 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 301 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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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