MSI MS-17C5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive227% 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.
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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GE73 Raider RGB 8RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17C5  (all builds)
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181018
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateMar 20 '19 at 16:55
Run Duration210 Seconds
Run User TWN-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 245
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 743
74% 602 Pts
64-Core 915
57% 915 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1215) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1917
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
77.2% Very good
Lighting 98.8
Reflection 110
Parallax 91.2
80% 99.9 fps
MRender 84.4
Gravity 83.6
Splatting 89.4
71% 85.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 723 1714 1758 1708 1640 1596 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
227% Outstanding
Read 999
Write 1,983
Mixed 995
SusWrite 1,523
313% 1,375 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 91.9
4K Mixed 56.8
189% 64.5 MB/s
DQ Read 898
DQ Write 695
DQ Mixed 776
586% 790 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 227%
Great: 393%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GB
111GB free
Firmware: E8FK11.C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 253 255 251 253 239 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 447
Write 502
Mixed 517
SusWrite 280
98% 436 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 53.6
4K Mixed 34.9
113% 38.3 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 674
DQ Mixed 578
463% 648 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 101%
Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
763GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 886 490 489 488 488 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.5% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 18.3
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 22.4
SC Mixed 21.4
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 74.4
54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17C5 Builds (Compare 1,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-17C5

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