MSI MS-17C5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.5% 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 Drive80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GE73 Raider RGB 8RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17C5  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180516
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 15 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
81% Excellent
Memory 83.8
1-Core 122
2-Core 225
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 724
69% 572 Pts
64-Core 890
55% 890 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 81%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1215) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1694
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 117
Parallax 99.7
87% 108 fps
MRender 92.8
Gravity 94.3
Splatting 96
78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JYXA0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 380 277 273 369 288 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
80% Very good
Read 438
Write 375
Mixed 364
SusWrite 306
83% 371 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 30.9
104% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 272
200% 262 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 80%
Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
338GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 97 98 91 103 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
42.7% Average
Read 52.8
Write 110
Mixed 27.8
SusWrite 95.8
52% 71.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 42.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.7% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 18.9
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 25.2
66% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17C5 Builds (Compare 1,425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-17C5

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