MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	269% 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 (51%). 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	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170309
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 161 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 553 52% 430 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% 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 141 Parallax 131 107% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 101% 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% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1496 1661 1741 1853 1761 1741 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,154 Write 1,928 Mixed 716 SusWrite 1709 364% 1,626 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.7 192% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 68.1 160% 308 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 271GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 97 99 94 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.2 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 97.6 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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 1 0.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	0.58% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 1.2 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 1 2% 1.42 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.58% 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)	0.58% Terrible	Read 1.8 Write 1 Mixed 1.7 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: 0.58% 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	260x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	234x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	359x
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	123x
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	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	69x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16