MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 120%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics158% 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 Drive124% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7A71
MotherboardMSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170522
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJun 02 '22 at 03:44
Run Duration264 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 204
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 383
49% 372 Pts
64-Core 385
24% 385 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
158% Outstanding
Lighting 236
Reflection 216
Parallax 228
192% 227 fps
MRender 205
Gravity 157
Splatting 138
133% 167 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 158%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140
167GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 335 425 438 430 421 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 450
Mixed 410
SusWrite 377
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 62
206% 71.1 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
232GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 790 304 308 306 307 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 2,413
Write 1,464
Mixed 1,201
SusWrite 438
305% 1,379 MB/s
4K Read 56.6
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 75.7
260% 93 MB/s
DQ Read 966
DQ Write 1,000
DQ Mixed 988
742% 985 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 248%
Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
952GB free
Firmware: CC4G
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 150 157 150 154 153 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
97.3% Outstanding
Read 189
Write 161
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 151
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
80.8% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 24.1
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 23.7
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 27%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $193
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