MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics105% 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 Drive229% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180116
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 15 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 254
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 702
74% 594 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 150
Parallax 141
112% 143 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 131
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 874 669 670 613 606 620 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,751
Write 1,661
Mixed 626
SusWrite 675
262% 1,178 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 63.3
236% 90.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,075
DQ Write 955
DQ Mixed 891
702% 973 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 229%
Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79
1TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 104 105 110 102 103 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
49% Average
Read 65.7
Write 91.5
Mixed 51
SusWrite 105
57% 78.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 49%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.1% Very good
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 22.1
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 25.7
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 740 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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