MSI MS-175A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive83.8% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemMicro-Star GP70 2PE
MotherboardMSI MS-175A  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140411
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 19:59
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 86.5
1-Core 99.8
2-Core 202
74% 129 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 521
54% 433 Pts
64-Core 520
32% 520 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M
MSI(1462 1112) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1771
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
9.74% Terrible
Lighting 13.3
Reflection 9.85
Parallax 10.6
11% 11.2 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 13.1
Splatting 8.52
8% 9.29 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.74%
Great: 10%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6M 128GB
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 312 314 317 317 315 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Read 430
Write 316
Mixed 244
SusWrite 292
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 31.1
109% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 206
190% 295 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71
242GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 80.3
Mixed 48
49% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KFG/4G MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
30.4% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 9.9
MC Mixed 8.1
27% 9.53 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 10.7
SC Mixed 9.6
28% 9.9 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 30.4%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-175A Builds (Compare 295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-175A

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