MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GS43VR 6RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 82.9 1-Core 33.2 2-Core 71.8 43% 62.6 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 205 19% 159 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% MSI(1462 11C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8871 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 18 Parallax 18.3 16% 18.6 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 17.6 Splatting 22.4 18% 22.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G39MNC-3510A 128GB 2,005 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 50100P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (64) Unknown 100 100 33400621 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 67 67 1019 (B2) Unknown 100 100 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2233 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 0 1035091443771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8 (EA) Unknown 100 100 131994 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18312 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10351 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1185	66.5% Good	Read 499 Write 286 Mixed 358 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 17.9 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 43.6 57% 103 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 93%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 223 (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 74 74 11527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 728469 (C2) HDA temperature 117 117 231929086003 (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 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	48% Average	Read 78.7 Write 88.7 Mixed 82.5 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 14.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	90x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	84x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	96x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	42x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	33x

SSD
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	30x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	12x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	8x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	83x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 1,566 samples	9x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 1x16GBKingstonBench 41%, 5,745 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16