MSI MS-17B1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.79% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star Please change product name
MotherboardMSI MS-17B1  (all builds)
Memory9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170724
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateSep 26 '18 at 15:47
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User IRN-User
Background CPU 67%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 89.4
1-Core 81
2-Core 163
67% 111 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 590
58% 475 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 78%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 11AC) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.79% Terrible
Lighting 7.17
Reflection 72.8
Parallax 7.25
6% 29.1 fps
MRender 9.9
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 13.4
9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.79%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,096
Write 532
Mixed 600
163% 743 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 57.6
178% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 468
DQ Mixed 514
403% 562 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 176%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB
797GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 110 109 105 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 132
Write 120
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 109
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.7
256% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
72.2% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 21.3
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 22
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17B1 Builds (Compare 305 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-17B1

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