MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	216% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	55.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 662 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 11B1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 6.94 6% 8.25 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 14.9 8% 9.15 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 974 Mixed 1,331 306% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.8 200% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 378 DQ Mixed 196 213% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 207%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 865GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 204614929 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1165987 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -87514253623289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 740360225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 103079215137 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47085726466055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2106120321 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55132405 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 91.2 Mixed 57.9 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 4.76 4K Mixed 0.44 169% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 70%
ASMT 2105 2TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 66.2 122% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.47 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBR 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBR 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 859B CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBR 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 25.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $184	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