MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive216% 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.
Memory64GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory56.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180116
Uptime22.9 Days
Run DateMay 20 '21 at 13:49
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
68.5% Good
Memory 79.5
1-Core 97.2
2-Core 182
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 311
8-Core 470
48% 391 Pts
64-Core 498
31% 498 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.31
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
13.8% Very poor
Lighting 11.6
Reflection 30
Parallax 29.1
10% 23.6 fps
MRender 10.8
Gravity 32.6
Splatting 34.1
22% 25.8 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 13.8%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB
355GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1013 1132 1339 1158 1128 1353 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 1,716
Write 967
Mixed 900
SusWrite 1,187
266% 1,193 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 49.3
142% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 772
DQ Write 571
DQ Mixed 669
501% 671 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 216%
Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
511GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 127 127 127 129 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 76.4
Write 82.2
Mixed 18
SusWrite 127
55% 75.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 26.1
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 23.8
68% 24 GB/s
Latency 81.5
49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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