MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 18:40
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 682 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

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: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 135 Parallax 140 108% 136 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2023 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1051 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 142 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20936736939	95.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 28.9 135% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 23.6 72% 157 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 134%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 106GB free Firmware: 4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,083 Mixed 1,366 320% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.8 166% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 132 111% 152 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 207%
KINGWIN EZD-2537U3 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 683GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 125 Write 134 Mixed 117 162% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 66%
KINGWIN EZD-2537U3 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 382GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 126 Write 100 Mixed 56.1 112% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 68%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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