MSI MS-17A3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.9% 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 Drive267% 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.
SystemMicro-Star GT75 Titan 8RG
MotherboardMSI MS-17A3  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180403
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 12 '19 at 01:20
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 138
2-Core 274
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 797
79% 643 Pts
64-Core 765
47% 765 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1220) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.9% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 142
Parallax 120
104% 130 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
92% 114 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 99.9%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
137GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 592 603 599 610 613 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,529
Write 2,301
Mixed 1,639
SusWrite 649
397% 1,779 MB/s
4K Read 60.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 66.3
244% 85 MB/s
DQ Read 1,242
DQ Write 1,086
DQ Mixed 1,177
879% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 267%
Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
587GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 107 103 109 105 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
66.5% Good
Read 126
Write 104
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 106
65% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
47.3% Average
MC Read 17.1
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 13.6
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 15.7
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 61.2
65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A3 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A3

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