MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.1% 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 Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73EVR 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '21 at 04:01
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 591 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 126 Parallax 96.5 76% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 106 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 150 146 156 167 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 444 Write 316 Mixed 222 SusWrite 158 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 22.4 83% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 144 146% 237 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 273GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 113 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 99.7 Write 95 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 112 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%
G-drive Thunderbolt 3 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 173 174 179 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 174 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 175 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 200% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MH-16 1x16GB 4,184 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	30	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0D68 U28E510

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Gaming 71%

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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	229x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	359x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	311x
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	44x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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