MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive197% 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
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star GS43VR 6RE
MotherboardMSI MS-14A3  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 07 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 86.5
1-Core 91
2-Core 164
68% 114 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 537
53% 434 Pts
64-Core 537
33% 537 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
MSI(1462 11C0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4454
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.82% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 72.4
Parallax 6.09
5% 28.2 fps
MRender 7.48
Gravity 5.53
Splatting 12.8
7% 8.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.82%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
193GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 688 755 765 737 742 759 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1,449
Write 771
Mixed 645
SusWrite 741
200% 901 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 57.6
200% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 850
DQ Write 609
DQ Mixed 598
482% 686 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 197%
Great: 215%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
667GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 114 120 121 121 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
69.9% Good
Read 127
Write 119
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 117
69% 96 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
73.9% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 24.1
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 25.3
SC Mixed 21.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-14A3 Builds (Compare 175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

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