MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.5% 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	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '24 at 19:07
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	LUX-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (48^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 178 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 474 49% 392 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 11B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1733 MHz, MLim: 2374 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 164 Parallax 94.1 74% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 97.6 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 449 373 433 460 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 180 Mixed 434 SusWrite 427 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 29.2 94% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 220 166% 224 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 279%
Seagate Expansion 250GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 148GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 350 361 331 283 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 374 Write 368 Mixed 350 SusWrite 319 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 24.8 83% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 173 128% 168 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 14GB free Firmware: 4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1236 Write 580 Mixed 611 177% 809 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 28.3 100% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 235 176% 235 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 279%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 324GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 96 97 94 95 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 89.2 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 93.3 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	0	84.6"	1280 720	SAM71B4 SAMSUNG

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Gaming 71%

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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 $254	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 $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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16