MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing 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.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	304% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	59.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 694 64% 534 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 145 Parallax 137 113% 140 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 95% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,849 Write 1,765 Mixed 2,102 496% 2,239 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.4 208% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 425 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 34.6 134% 295 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 406GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 161 161 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 83 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 842 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 240519675938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 95.1 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 75%
Multiple Card Reader 32GB 2,863 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 17GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 22.2 Write 21.6 Mixed 23.6 29% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.29 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 2.71 244% 4.56 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 4x16GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	260x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	234x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	359x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	311x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	123x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	50x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	44x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	158x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	69x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16