MSI MS-17EK

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star Alpha 17 A4DEK
Motherboard	MSI MS-17EK (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201026
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '24 at 03:52
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H 26,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% FP6, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 76 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 831 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,163 72% 1,163 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon RX 5600M 409 User benchmarks, average bench 65% MSI(1462 12CE) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12029.10015 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.8% Good	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 112 61% 98.2 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 85.9 Splatting 76.1 67% 82.1 fps
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 72%
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% MSI(1462 12CE) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12029.10015 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 24.5 14% 19.6 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 20 Splatting 17.9 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston OM8PCP31024F-AI1 1TB 2,896 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFK52.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1368 85 126 194 143 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,031 Write 1,628 Mixed 1107 SusWrite 348 232% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 47.5 153% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 690 478% 592 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 260%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 101 96 97 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 120 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 97.8 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB 37,566 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.7% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 106%

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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	69	56	144	21.5"	1280 720	DELF040 DELL S2230MX

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Typical MS-17EK Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 18%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17EK

CPU
Ryzen 7 4800HAMDBench 74%, 26,507 samples	18x
Ryzen 5 4600HAMDBench 70%, 27,218 samples	1x

GPU
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	14x
Radeon RX 5600MAMDBench 65%, 409 samples	5x

SSD
OM8PCP3512F-AI1 512GBKingstonBench 135%, 20,980 samples	7x
Micron_2210_MTFDHBA1T0QFD 1TBBench 219%, 6,851 samples	5x
OM8PCP31024F-AI1 1TBKingstonBench 179%, 2,896 samples	2x

RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	10x
MSI32D4S2S1ME-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 66%, 1,560 samples	5x
TEAMGROUP-SD4-3200 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 84%, 678 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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