MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	84.2% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 6RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160811
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 623 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2534 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 141 Parallax 126 110% 134 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 166GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 299 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8443273708	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 48.6 173% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 131 140% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Kingston RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GB 7,907 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 3032 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 325 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983090 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813987876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1853 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3350 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6415 (F4) Unknown 100 100 15 (F5) Unknown 100 100 50 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1026272	84.2% Excellent	Read 522 Write 324 Mixed 398 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 13.1 111% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 60.5 105% 203 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

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

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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 $179	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