MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	160% 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	97.9% 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.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '22 at 10:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$70 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 218 Parallax 210 195% 222 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 158 Splatting 140 134% 168 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 252 247 242 256 245 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 246 Mixed 242 SusWrite 246 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 44.4 162% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 244 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 232GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 956 564 306 307 307 308 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,275 Write 1,450 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 458 304% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 74.9 252% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 962 DQ Write 842 DQ Mixed 847 650% 883 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 952GB free Firmware: CC4G SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 153 156 143 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 160 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 150 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 2x8GB 12,876 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 24.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 107%

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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 304 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 27%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 22%

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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 $249Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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