MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	298% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 18:45
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 222 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 604 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 83%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 113% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 384GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,822 Write 1,736 Mixed 2,027 486% 2,195 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 50.2 191% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 222 231% 382 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 836GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 192 192 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (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 100 100 236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5686 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 223339151398 (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	71.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 113 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%
Seagate ST350082 0AS 750GB 466GB free Firmware: 0107 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	23.8% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 41.2 Mixed 39.6 31% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.89 MB/s

Hitachi HTS 721075A9E630 750GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 343GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 41 Mixed 41.1 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 77%
WD My Book ES 500GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 329GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 32.8 Write 40.5 Mixed 20.1 40% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 4x8GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

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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

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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 $178	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