MSI MS-175A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GE70 2PL
MotherboardMSI MS-175A  (all builds)
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141225
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 26 '18 at 09:34
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 38%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 105
2-Core 197
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 538
53% 436 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)
MSI(1462 1112) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
1.72% Terrible
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 15.5
Parallax 7
0% 7.54 fps
MRender 6.95
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 8.09
5% 5.82 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.72%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6M 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: 1.07
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 319 305 313 317 316 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 436
Write 317
Mixed 244
SusWrite 315
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 49.6
4K Mixed 23.1
92% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 375
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 207
190% 294 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
760GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 55 51 60 51 52 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
44.7% Average
Read 100
Write 78.1
Mixed 55.5
SusWrite 55.2
53% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
101% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
31.3% Below average
MC Read 10.7
MC Write 10.4
MC Mixed 8.6
28% 9.9 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10.7
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 75.5
53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 31.3%
Great: 32%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-175A Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-175A

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