MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	240% 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 03:45
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 as expected (55^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 96 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 428 47% 371 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.2% 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: 382.5 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 145 Parallax 126 98% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 1,337 Mixed 1,642 403% 1,825 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 40.6 143% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 146 160% 271 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 292%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 522GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1822 (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 97 97 1413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4726 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 197569609769 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 97.2 Mixed 97.9 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

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	235x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	360x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	312x
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	45x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	158x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	69x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16