MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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)
Boot Drive	249% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GS43VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A3 (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 02:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	KEN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 164 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 502 49% 403 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8569 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 61.4 56% 68.2 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 69.2 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,604 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,463 402% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 35.5 164% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 102 109% 179 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 302%
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 57GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 450 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 43 244814184492 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9524614869 (F7) Unknown 100 100 297778566 (F8) Unknown 100 100 229587039 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9188 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 465 Write 316 Mixed 317 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 23.3 92% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 16.5 74% 169 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8213.C16FAD 2x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	90x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	84x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	96x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	42x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	33x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	30x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	12x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	83x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,566 samples	9x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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