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Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive172% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 7RE
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170814
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateMar 25 '23 at 17:02
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
69.4% Good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 73.8
2-Core 152
62% 103 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 438
46% 366 Pts
64-Core 468
29% 468 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑
This bench: 69.4%
 Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2001 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
68.1% Good
Lighting 78.2
Reflection 134
Parallax 74
64% 95.4 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 90.1
Splatting 98.7
77% 92.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑
This bench: 68.1%
 Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1005 914 882 916 871 813 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,347
Write 1,021
Mixed 485
SusWrite 900
209% 938 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 58.5
4K Mixed 39.7
131% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 618
DQ Write 387
DQ Mixed 545
395% 517 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑
This bench: 172%
 Great: 292%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
114GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 85 90 82 85 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
27.8% Poor
Read 12.5
Write 48.7
Mixed 16.2
SusWrite 84.4
29% 40.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.1
28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑
This bench: 27.8%
 Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.2% Good
MC Read 24
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 20
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 19
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑
This bench: 62.2%
 Great: 78%
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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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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples259x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples232x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples227x
GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples357x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples308x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples19x
SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples122x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples50x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples44x
RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples157x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples67x
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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