MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.3% 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	253% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 78.7 2-Core 151 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 441 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11B9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 93 Parallax 68.9 83% 88 fps	MRender 80.3 Gravity 74 Splatting 84.4 66% 79.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,947 448% 2,015 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 40 129% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 117 129% 218 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (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 100 100 154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1551 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 244813463587 (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	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 134 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GB 831 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 82%

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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	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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16