MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (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.
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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive272% 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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star Please change product name
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170505
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 12 '21 at 21:40
Run Duration256 Seconds
Run User ARE-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 84.9
2-Core 141
63% 103 Pts
4-Core 312
8-Core 510
50% 411 Pts
64-Core 529
33% 529 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.63
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 138
Parallax 128
104% 131 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 134
Splatting 116
99% 121 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
923GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 415 423 414 418 415 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 441
Mixed 398
SusWrite 404
96% 424 MB/s
4K Read 37.7
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 50.5
167% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 323
243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
856GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 1622 1677 1490 1507 1488 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
272% Outstanding
Read 2,183
Write 1,989
Mixed 1,629
SusWrite 1512
411% 1,828 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 89.4
4K Mixed 69.7
207% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 483
DQ Mixed 553
427% 590 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 272%
Great: 372%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 128GB-$80
40GB free, PID 16b3
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 282 279 283 287 273 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 247
Write 260
Mixed 104
SusWrite 280
300% 223 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.3
85% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 100%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.3% Very good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 22.7
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 20
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 76
53% 76 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 70.3%
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%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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