MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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!
ProcessorWith 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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.
Boot Drive245% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170814
Uptime20.6 Days
Run DateJul 07 '19 at 19:22
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 133
2-Core 239
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 664
68% 550 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 153
Parallax 133
115% 142 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 138
Splatting 112
100% 123 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 108%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 995 966 893 834 786 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
245% Outstanding
Read 1,802
Write 1073
Mixed 572
SusWrite 914
242% 1,090 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 65.1
232% 84.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,109
DQ Write 934
DQ Mixed 909
712% 984 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 245%
Great: 292%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 89 80 90 100 87 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 138
Write 2
Mixed 60
SusWrite 91.5
54% 72.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.4
250% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
74.5% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 24.2
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.5%
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%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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