MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99% 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 Drive207% 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.
Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180111
Uptime6.3 Days
Run DateNov 04 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 85%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 107
2-Core 171
73% 122 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 554
55% 447 Pts
64-Core 537
33% 537 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 135
Parallax 118
103% 126 fps
MRender 109
Gravity 127
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 99%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 1434 1518 823 646 1009 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 2,052
Write 980
Mixed 730
SusWrite 1,105
270% 1,217 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 42
4K Mixed 31.5
102% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 665
DQ Write 505
DQ Mixed 737
510% 636 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 207%
Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
209GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 84 84 85 87 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
46.5% Average
Read 76.8
Write 82.7
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 85.3
48% 66.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 25.5
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 31.6
SC Mixed 24.7
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 80.1%
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%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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