MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	218% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '17 at 16:36
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 687 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 151 Parallax 132 115% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 119GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,684 Write 684 Mixed 954 243% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 253 4K Mixed 49.5 282% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,008 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 200 260% 490 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 213%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,833 Write 646 Mixed 924 248% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 243 4K Mixed 42.2 269% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 196 253% 475 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 213%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 889GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 508 (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 99 99 605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14086 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 219044118567 (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	68.1% Good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 72 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GB 831 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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	232x
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	309x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16