MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.27% 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	179% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 16:09
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 56.3 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 190 55% 104 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 429 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 11B1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4678 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.5 6% 8.68 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 15.6 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,819 Write 1,018 Mixed 1,097 289% 1,311 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 21.1 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 54.2 95% 188 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 395GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 266 (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 98 98 942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5524 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 210454380574 (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	42.1% Average	Read 69.1 Write 77.6 Mixed 78.3 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 5,417 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 18.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 139 29% 139 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	259x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	232x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	357x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	308x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	122x
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	157x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	67x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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