MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	202% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A1 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '21 at 16:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 194 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 501 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1155) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1122 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 44 Parallax 7.2 5% 19.1 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.3 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 623 601 550 546 517 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,689 Write 654 Mixed 671 SusWrite 580 198% 899 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 56.5 226% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,087 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 408 369% 585 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 214%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 530GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 131 132 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 132 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4S24AM.M8FD Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MS-14A1 Builds (Compare 99 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	95x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	4x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	57x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	7x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung $60Bench 171%, 1,772 samples	7x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	19x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	14x
CT4G4SFS824A.C8FBD2 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3H1R 8GBUnknownBench 66%, 7 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359