MSI MS-17A6

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive126% 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.
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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GT75 Titan 8SG
MotherboardMSI MS-17A6  (all builds)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181211
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateJan 11 '21 at 13:59
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User ARE-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
36.3% Below average
Memory 58.4
1-Core 25
2-Core 55
31% 46.1 Pts
4-Core 76.6
8-Core 368
23% 222 Pts
64-Core 1,043
64% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 36.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1271) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.15
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 137
Parallax 137
96% 131 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 112
Splatting 104
95% 118 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G 512GB
412GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 820 807 755 788 797 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 735
Write 819
Mixed 691
SusWrite 824
174% 767 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 39.9
4K Mixed 28
96% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 293
244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 126%
Great: 253%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
720GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 180 181 181 181 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Read 122
Write 167
Mixed 55
SusWrite 177
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.4
128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI26D4S9D8ME-16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
58.3% Above average
MC Read 19.5
MC Write 21.3
MC Mixed 26.5
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 8.5
33% 11.5 GB/s
Latency 132
30% 132 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A6 Builds (Compare 94 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 71%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A6

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