MSI MS-17A2

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	375% 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.

System	Micro-Star GT75VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A2 (all builds)
Memory	58.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170724
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 704 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 1202) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4727 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.58 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 15 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 472GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	375% Outstanding	Read 2,948 Write 2,519 Mixed 2,755 611% 2,741 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 76.6 265% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 227 239% 399 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 375% Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 884GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3272 (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 94 94 2709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12596 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231928823840 (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	67.2% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 118 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 4x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A2

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	89x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	35x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	89x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	35x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	36x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	11x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	10x

RAM
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 585 samples	37x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	21x
MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 42%, 4,184 samples	11x

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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