MSI MS-17B3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.6% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GS73VR 7RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-17B3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170719
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 05:53
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 164 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 588 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q) 9,069 User benchmarks, average bench 61% MSI(1462 11E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 102 Parallax 82.5 66% 88.4 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 85.2 68% 83.1 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 11E8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 6.69 6% 35.3 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 55 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 54 31 296354381870 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 511 Write 461 Mixed 499 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 23.4 116% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 23 28% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 98%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 68 157457896 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 292957 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18614388260915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 449 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 90194313248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 114568252620815 (F1) Unknown 100 253 103353132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 547038535 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	71.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 121 Mixed 76.4 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 4.69 4K Mixed 0.58 199% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GB 4,184 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 62%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17B3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	95x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	51x
GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 61%, 9,069 samples	44x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	16x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	30x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	10x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	8x

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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