MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	249% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 721 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 83%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.1 80% 100 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 101 77% 93.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,760 Write 871 Mixed 1,297 358% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 59.2 224% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 193 196% 320 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 292%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 913GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (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 19 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 269 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979871779 (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	68.2% Good	Read 116 Write 122 Mixed 117 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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