MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	104% 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 Drive	215% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170309
Uptime	16.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 03:18
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 137 55% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 506 46% 389 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 107% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 117 100% 123 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 1126 1339 1445 1498 1519 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,708 Write 1,634 Mixed 584 SusWrite 1,303 293% 1,307 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 45 142% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 521 391% 515 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 271GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 95 97 98 98 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 78.7 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 75%
OLYMPUS DVR 2GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 0.9 0.9 1 0.9 1 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	0.6% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 1.3 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 1 2% 1.45 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.6% Great: 39%
OLYMPUS DVR 4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 4GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.5 0.9 1 0.9 1 1.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 1 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 0.9 2% 1.35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%

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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 71%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	261x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	235x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	231x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	361x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	312x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	124x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	50x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	45x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	158x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	96x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	69x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369