MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RE
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170505
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 21:33
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 96.9
2-Core 191
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 537
54% 440 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.2% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 130
Parallax 122
97% 124 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 122
Splatting 100
89% 110 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,019
Write 620
Mixed 811
181% 817 MB/s
4K Read 30.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 53.8
175% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 676
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 667
434% 520 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 207%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
892GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 123 122 126 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 138
Write 135
Mixed 29
SusWrite 123
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.9% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 22.4
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 21.6
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 79.2
50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 738 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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