MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	167% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

System	Micro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A1 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 00:12
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 551 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 1155) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8253 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.9% Poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 45 11% 36.9 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 46 40% 49.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MB4103 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,671 Write 621 Mixed 918 234% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 55 133% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 183 203% 344 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 176%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2GB free Firmware: 070H 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8192 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24292 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2307 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 228 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 333 (AE) Unknown 100 100 814 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14117622647028 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 631 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 89 89 11 (CE) Flying height 100 100 228	60.4% Good	Read 464 Write 224 Mixed 321 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 5.55 83% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 5.93 34% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 74%
HGST HTS721010A9 1TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 88GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 39.9 107% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,917 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	95x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	56x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	7x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung $60Bench 171%, 1,772 samples	7x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	18x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	14x
CT4G4SFS824A.C8FBD2 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3H1R 8GBUnknownBench 66%, 7 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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