MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	223% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star GT73EVR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170814
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 209 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 588 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 73%

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: 388.71 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 129 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 123 105% 99 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 51.5 40% 49.2 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 1,004 Mixed 1,140 306% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 49.5 220% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 162 166% 273 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 62GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 504 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 185 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3851309014	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 422 Mixed 438 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.8 167% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 122 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Startech .com RAID 0 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	143% Outstanding	Read 269 Write 230 Mixed 204 176% 234 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.37 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 151%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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