MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive265% 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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170814
Uptime20.6 Days
Run DateJul 07 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 92.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 235
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 653
68% 546 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 153
Parallax 133
113% 141 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 135
Splatting 112
99% 122 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 107%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1406 1431 1442 1182 811 664 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 1,883
Write 1,296
Mixed 628
SusWrite 1156
276% 1,241 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 66
234% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,116
DQ Write 997
DQ Mixed 988
760% 1,034 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 265%
Great: 292%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 85 103 103 102 108 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
34.2% Below average
Read 16.5
Write 1.8
Mixed 39
SusWrite 102
30% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 2.5
450% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 34.2%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 63.1
63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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