MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI H270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 53.1 2-Core 107 50% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 263 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 81.5 76% 89.9 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 79.4 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER162 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 19 20 18 17 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26% Poor	Read 68 Write 70.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 21.2 39% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 7.9 982% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 520GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 93 90 93 93 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 155 Write 152 Mixed 85 SusWrite 91.7 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 56%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 91GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 97 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 97.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 98.8 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD48G240081 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 8502 PSD48G240081 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns

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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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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