MSI MS-17A2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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 Drive132% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT75VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A2  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime4 Days
Run DateDec 02 '19 at 01:43
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 way above expectations (90th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 86.7
1-Core 121
2-Core 228
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 617
61% 501 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79%
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: 388.63
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 145
Parallax 123
107% 133 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 129
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 295 296 296 297 296 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 1,044
Write 297
Mixed 342
SusWrite 295
108% 495 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 26
155% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 934
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 415
359% 548 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 132%
Great: 147%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
165GB free
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 270 271 272 272 271 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Read 444
Write 427
Mixed 337
SusWrite 290
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 42.6
157% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 222
204% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
45.4% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 15.9
MC Mixed 13.1
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 15.5
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 45.4%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A2 Builds (Compare 124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A2

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