MSI MS-17B1

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.55% 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 Drive	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17B1 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 18 '20 at 21:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 530 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11AC) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7870 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 71 Parallax 6.94 5% 28.2 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 13.6 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 179 186 188 160 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 646 Write 240 Mixed 312 SusWrite 176 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 46.3 131% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 563 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 290 236% 346 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 176%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 725GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 103 103 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 103 61% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 409GB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 39 40 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.61% Terrible	Read 5.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 38.9 22% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 9.61% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 19 19 19 16 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 38 Write 25.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 19.9 33% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.2 221% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GB 1,566 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-17B1

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	201x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	99x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	135x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	112x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	56x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	71x
PX-256M8PeGN 256GBPlextorBench 176%, 568 samples	17x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	15x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	125x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	47x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 23,910 samples	15x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16