MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	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 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	197% 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.

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

Run History

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System	Micro-Star GT73EVR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 81.3 2-Core 158 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 583 54% 450 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%

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: 390.65 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 0.09 110% 48.1 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 11.6 62% 84.2 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 996 Mixed 1,145 303% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 32.6 173% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 55.7 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 32.2 52% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 220 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4110887251	119% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 496 Mixed 507 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.1 178% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 81.8 127% 240 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Startech .com RAID 0 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	148% Outstanding	Read 266 Write 251 Mixed 203 180% 240 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.33 115% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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