MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	309% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 19:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 706 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 157 Parallax 137 120% 147 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 750GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 2,767 Write 2,225 Mixed 2,521 558% 2,504 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 32.6 169% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 31.4 96% 192 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 204GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3962 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 240519413795 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	67.7% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 4x16GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 27.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	259x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	232x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	357x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	308x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	122x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	50x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	44x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	157x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	67x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16