MSI MS-175A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GP70 2PE
MotherboardMSI MS-175A  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140304
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 02 '18 at 23:12
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4700HQ-$370
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 84
1-Core 100
2-Core 183
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 317
8-Core 492
50% 404 Pts
64-Core 469
29% 469 Pts
Poor: 40%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 840M
MSI(1462 1112) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
9.8% Terrible
Lighting 13.4
Reflection 9.85
Parallax 10.7
11% 11.3 fps
MRender 6.24
Gravity 13.4
Splatting 8.57
8% 9.39 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.8%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
854GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
43.7% Average
Read 73.4
Write 79.2
Mixed 79.2
58% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.08
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.15
42% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 0793 GR1600S364L11/8G 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.4% Above average
MC Read 20.5
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 16.5
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 18
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-175A Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-175A

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