MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	270% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170522
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 698 66% 547 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 66.5 63% 73.6 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 72.6 58% 69.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 308 308 309 309 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,459 Write 1,474 Mixed 942 SusWrite 480 295% 1339 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 84.6 301% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 992 782% 1,072 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 280%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 46GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 77 76 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 69.7 Write 97.7 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 78.5 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 930GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 178 198 193 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 167 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 189 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 12GB 2,347 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 71%

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

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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	41x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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