MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.3% 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	178% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 06:37
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 170 73% 121 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 552 50% 419 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.9% 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. 22.21.13.8541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 38.3 38% 42.5 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 37.4 33% 40.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 172GB free Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 24548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2401 (AA) Unknown 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 228 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 335 (AE) Unknown 100 100 892 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14164867680506 (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	61.7% Good	Read 480 Write 223 Mixed 326 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 5.63 86% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 5.87 35% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 74%
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57MB4103 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,628 Write 627 Mixed 933 233% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.5 184% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 442 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 181 193% 322 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 176%

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 (92^nd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 29 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 107%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

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 $273	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 $186	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