MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 15:14
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 60,752 User benchmarks - Average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	SC Int 104 SC Float 110 SC Mixed 107 86% 107 Pts	QC Int 373 QC Float 395 QC Mixed 383 87% 384 Pts	MC Int 484 MC Float 551 MC Mixed 527 78% 520 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 5,851 User benchmarks - Average bench 39% MSI(1462 1155) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8253 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 174 Reflection 134 Parallax 155 52% 154 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 143 Splatting 105 52% 121 fps
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 43%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 2 User benchmarks - Average bench 70% 29GB free Firmware: 57MB4103 SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 62% Great: 77%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 3,815 User benchmarks - Average bench 58% 16GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ !4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (67^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 24369 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2359 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 228 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 333 (AE) Unknown 100 100 864 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14143392647415 (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	61.2% Good	Read 484 Write 243 Mixed 326 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 5.71 78% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 6.1 34% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%
HGST HTS721010A9 1TB 15 User benchmarks - Average bench 33% 45GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 77.3 132% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 852 User benchmarks - Average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.3 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 63%, 60,752 samples	204x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 60%, 9,493 samples	10x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 6%, 43,289 samples	142x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 39%, 5,851 samples	73x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung $110Bench 170%, 1,211 samples	69x
THNSN5128GPU7 TO NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBToshibaBench 155%, 583 samples	35x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $140Bench 187%, 4,009 samples	18x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 9,773 samples	49x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,383 samples	31x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 2,401 samples	28x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $110

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $307	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $99
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $291	AMD RX 480 $229	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $130
Intel Core i5-7600K $217	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $287	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $718	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $83	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $134	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $55	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $140	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13