MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 76.9%, 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 Drive222% 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 GT73VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170309
Uptime16.1 Days
Run DateMay 29 '20 at 22:32
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 (82nd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 93
1-Core 84.5
2-Core 169
69% 116 Pts
4-Core 329
8-Core 564
54% 446 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.9%
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: 431.36
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 141
Parallax 122
106% 131 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 128
Splatting 106
94% 115 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 803 667 646 641 623 590 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
222% Outstanding
Read 1,877
Write 912
Mixed 559
SusWrite 662
221% 1,002 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 59.9
204% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,086
DQ Write 868
DQ Mixed 923
705% 959 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 222%
Great: 292%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
855GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 121 122 121 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 124
Write 120
Mixed 29
SusWrite 120
71% 98.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.6
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 742 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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