MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	308% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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

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System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	44.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 741 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 119 Parallax 89.7 79% 102 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 85.2 Splatting 101 76% 91.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 940GB free Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,153 Write 1,370 Mixed 1,397 363% 1,640 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 69.6 241% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 204 217% 366 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 294%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 465GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 153 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044446244 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6376573365 (F7) Unknown 100 100 199416708 (F8) Unknown 100 100 14731215	105% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 475 Mixed 463 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 34.6 149% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 51.2 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,422 Write 1,856 Mixed 1,629 437% 1,969 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 70.9 247% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 241 247% 406 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FHD 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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