MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics112% 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 Drive135% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RE
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180116
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '21 at 19:14
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 637
72% 561 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11B9) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 462.59
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.9
134% 124 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 93.2
Splatting 96.3
77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 112%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 552 558 443 58 285 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Read 788
Write 556
Mixed 646
SusWrite 406
134% 599 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 46.6
174% 70.6 MB/s
DQ Read 628
DQ Write 528
DQ Mixed 495
393% 550 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 135%
Great: 246%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB
334GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 95 96 96 96 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
43.8% Average
Read 57
Write 70.6
Mixed 60.7
SusWrite 94.8
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.5
167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 43.8%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2267 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 25.5
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 25.4
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 61.1
65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 83%

 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%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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