MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive171% 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
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 7RE
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161117
Uptime14.7 Days
Run DateAug 03 '18 at 18:22
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 93.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 253
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 717
72% 585 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 114
Parallax 92.9
81% 102 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 94.4
Splatting 101
81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 407 424 442 401 402 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 1,200
Write 919
Mixed 361
SusWrite 406
160% 721 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 63.7
213% 80 MB/s
DQ Read 829
DQ Write 619
DQ Mixed 622
493% 690 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 171%
Great: 207%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
730GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 132 132 133 132 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 124
Write 120
Mixed 23.4
SusWrite 131
72% 99.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.2% Very good
MC Read 30
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 22.5
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.1
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 61.6
65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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