MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive352% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star Please change product name
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180116
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '19 at 10:13
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 242
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 684
70% 565 Pts
64-Core 657
41% 657 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11B9) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 116
Parallax 90.7
115% 116 fps
MRender 92.8
Gravity 90.8
Splatting 101
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 102%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1602 2027 2012 2208 2050 2125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
352% Outstanding
Read 2,974
Write 2,068
Mixed 1075
SusWrite 2,004
452% 2,030 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 57
214% 78.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,242
DQ Write 796
DQ Mixed 1,018
759% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 352%
Great: 332%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320
237GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 470 473 471 470 471 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 470
Mixed 393
SusWrite 471
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 53.7
187% 67.5 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 362
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 122%
Great: 130%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.5% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.2
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 25.5
SC Mixed 23.6
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 83%

 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%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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