MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.61% 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	257% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A1 (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 08:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 547 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1155) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4416 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 6.91 6% 18.5 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 839GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 342 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 143 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 477180622	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 449 Mixed 497 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 51.6 169% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 149 148% 239 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 132%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,847 Write 1,683 Mixed 1,558 378% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.1 217% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 148 150% 250 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 353%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 7.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 40.2 Mixed 40.4 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.84 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 0.44 439% 3.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905663-006.A00G 2x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 112%

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Typical MS-14A1 Builds (Compare 98 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	95x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	56x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	7x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung $60Bench 171%, 1,772 samples	7x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	18x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	14x
CT4G4SFS824A.C8FBD2 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3H1R 8GBUnknownBench 66%, 7 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16