MSI MS-17A3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.9% 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 Drive285% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT75 Titan 8RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A3  (all builds)
Memory25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180904
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 05 '18 at 00:37
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8850H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 84.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 263
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 504
8-Core 842
82% 673 Pts
64-Core 1,059
66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 121E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.9% Very good
Lighting 93.9
Reflection 117
Parallax 88.7
76% 99.9 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 89.9
Splatting 100
78% 94.3 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2073 645 603 600 605 604 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
285% Outstanding
Read 2,552
Write 2,117
Mixed 858
SusWrite 855
354% 1,596 MB/s
4K Read 62.9
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 81.5
272% 93.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,098
DQ Write 975
DQ Mixed 1,019
769% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 285%
Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
929GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 126 127 128 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 127
Write 122
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 126
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
88.7% Excellent
MC Read 33.4
MC Write 34.3
MC Mixed 27.2
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 37
SC Mixed 27.7
80% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A3 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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