MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170522
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '24 at 08:10
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 182 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 540 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.9% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 81 73% 86.3 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 79 Splatting 70.9 69% 87 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLQ512HALU-000H1 512GB 7,358 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPS4NFXV SusWrite @10s intervals: 1080 1107 1148 1009 307 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1279 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,102 SusWrite 827 247% 1,097 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 47.9 157% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 629 465% 620 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 225%
Gigabyte UD PRO 256GB-$49 2,163 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 198GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 312 261 309 307 312 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 453 Write 310 Mixed 250 SusWrite 302 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 27.5 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 133 144% 237 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 103%
P3-512 512GB 2,855 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 380GB free Firmware: T180731 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 407 407 412 420 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 418 Mixed 377 SusWrite 412 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 37.6 136% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 281 202% 258 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB2-CRC Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 18.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELA097 DELL P2214H

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Typical H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) Builds (Compare 302 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	42x
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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16