MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 19:04
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 100 2-Core 183 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 536 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 151 110% 144 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 138 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 343 147 121 113 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 420 Mixed 383 SusWrite 204 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59 192% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 264% 352 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 131%
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free Firmware: JYXA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 390 328 380 157 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 417 Mixed 425 SusWrite 337 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 38.3 122% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 319 239% 319 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 98%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 102GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 427 419 415 410 403 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,764 Write 1,566 Mixed 795 SusWrite 463 255% 1147 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 46.7 180% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 952 DQ Write 699 DQ Mixed 592 506% 748 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 254%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 27GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 91 81 82 81 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 82.6 Write 89.4 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 83.8 50% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 75%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 1,724 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 1.2 0.4 2.2 3.5 5.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	1.49% Terrible	Read 6.7 Write 6 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 2.4 6% 4.97 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.49% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 99U5663-003.A00G 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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