MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	297% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170119
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 22:38
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 698 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 113% 137 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,771 Write 1,773 Mixed 2,086 490% 2,210 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44 178% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 228 256% 435 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 487GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 229 229 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 69235 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219043921954 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 107 Write 111 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 4x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 28.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	259x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	232x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	357x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	308x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	122x
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	157x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	67x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16