MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.9% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GT73EVR 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 420 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 45.2 8% 22.2 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 72.1 40% 44.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 174 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 264 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458770 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 63 48 223339610149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1157 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2001 (F4) Unknown 100 100 7 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18 (F6) Unknown 100 100 500896	65.5% Good	Read 502 Write 317 Mixed 397 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 11.8 83% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 9.45 18% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 888GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 140 140 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 290 (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 100 100 174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2875 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274642463 (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	68.7% Good	Read 117 Write 123 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GB 4,184 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 45%

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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	258x
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	307x
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	94x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	67x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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