MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.8% 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	203% 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73EVR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 20:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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 as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 146 59% 98.8 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 402 41% 331 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 36.3 Parallax 29.5 26% 32.4 fps	MRender 45 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 40.9 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 129GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1035 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 397 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5623536118	116% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 475 Mixed 472 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 47.7 172% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 129 147% 251 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 103GB free Firmware: 506A Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 176 Write 95.4 Mixed 101 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 10.6 58% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 24.1 39% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 73%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,891 Write 1,048 Mixed 1,143 300% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.5 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.6 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 97.3 81% 112 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Startech .com RAID 0 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	136% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 240 Mixed 207 171% 228 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.35 129% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 136% 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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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