MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	284% 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.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 12:55
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 698 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2001 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 117 Parallax 83.2 76% 97.9 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 101 77% 92.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 675GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 58 180390461481 (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 130843352 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4131210 (F8) Unknown 100 100 407603 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3589 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 485 Write 344 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 25.8 110% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 47 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 1,855 Mixed 1,641 415% 1,863 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 65.9 231% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 184 185% 301 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 323GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,251 Write 1,884 Mixed 1,708 433% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 66.9 234% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 430 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 196 196% 318 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GB 23,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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