MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	274% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 19:55
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 688 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 163 Parallax 133 116% 146 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 114 99% 122 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,659 Write 1,563 Mixed 2,099 467% 2,107 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 31.2 166% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 31.4 159% 363 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 205GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 205 205 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1492 (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 97 97 1576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7981 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 244814381086 (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	60.6% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 97.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 4x16GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 60%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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