MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive182% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73EVR 7RE
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170505
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 11 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 81.9
2-Core 153
65% 107 Pts
4-Core 309
8-Core 595
54% 452 Pts
64-Core 573
36% 573 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 128
Parallax 97.1
82% 108 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 111
86% 104 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 894 596 769 700 631 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 1,043
Write 945
Mixed 873
SusWrite 730
202% 898 MB/s
4K Read 44.2
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 48.6
201% 75.9 MB/s
DQ Read 845
DQ Write 711
DQ Mixed 629
512% 728 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 182%
Great: 207%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
514GB free
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 467 465 472 474 472 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 465
Mixed 449
SusWrite 465
106% 471 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 55.3
182% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 362
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
510GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 121 121 120 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
67.4% Good
Read 116
Write 115
Mixed 23.3
SusWrite 119
67% 93.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 KHX2400C14S4/16G 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
74% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 24.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 20.9
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 74%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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