MSI MS-175A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
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 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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)
Memory9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140719
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateOct 10 '19 at 07:51
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU4%

 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 i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 81.1
2-Core 173
67% 114 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 522
52% 426 Pts
64-Core 519
32% 519 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M
MSI(1462 1112) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3648
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
8.1% Terrible
Lighting 10.3
Reflection 9.85
Parallax 11.2
8% 10.4 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 13.1
Splatting 8.48
8% 9.26 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.1%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
568GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 113 119 119 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 122
Write 120
Mixed 33.1
SusWrite 116
71% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KFG/4G MSI16D3LS1KFG/8G 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
46.4% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 13.5
44% 15.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 16.6
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 46.4%
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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