MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.58% 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 Drive	197% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS43VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 02:40
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 547 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11C0) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4454 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 6.94 6% 28.5 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.79 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 647GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1572880 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1174 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 59 253404512291 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 296 (EA) Unknown 100 100 319 (F1) Unknown 253 253 311 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49.5% Average	Read 474 Write 216 Mixed 273 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 7 45% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 20 39% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 106%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,814 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,407 338% 1,523 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 19.2 78% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 435 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 18.9 121% 279 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 22.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	90x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	84x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	96x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	42x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	33x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	30x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	12x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	83x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,566 samples	9x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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