MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180116
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 27 '18 at 20:16
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
67.7% Good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 74.7
2-Core 147
61% 102 Pts
4-Core 284
8-Core 484
47% 384 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 157
Parallax 131
109% 140 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 139
Splatting 116
102% 125 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,456
Write 595
Mixed 656
197% 902 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 47.8
172% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 374
DQ Mixed 505
383% 524 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 279%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100
43GB free
Firmware: X41100WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 306 294 285 293 288 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 438
Write 420
Mixed 212
SusWrite 298
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 30.7
99% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 249
204% 293 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 22.2
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 22.5
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 75.2
53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 739 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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