MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive244% 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)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180312
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJun 16 '20 at 13:44
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way above expectations (85th 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)
78.6% Very good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 119
2-Core 224
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 613
62% 503 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.6%
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: 446.14
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 136
Parallax 109
104% 124 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 132
Splatting 107
96% 118 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 1343 1268 1269 1222 1162 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 1,444
Write 1,278
Mixed 544
SusWrite 1226
252% 1123 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 52.1
206% 79.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,215
DQ Write 996
DQ Mixed 980
768% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 244%
Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1449 1447 1447 1444 1442 1444 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 1,434
Write 1,372
Mixed 832
SusWrite 1,446
286% 1,271 MB/s
4K Read 45.2
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 54.9
219% 83.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,280
DQ Write 1,095
DQ Mixed 995
798% 1,123 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 265%
Great: 292%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
849GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 134 134 137 133 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Read 128
Write 128
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 133
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
77.2% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 22.5
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 21.9
68% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 72.8
55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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