MSI MS-175A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.8% 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 Drive	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GP70 2QF
Motherboard	MSI MS-175A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '21 at 04:16
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 540 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950M 38,813 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 1112) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7168 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 14.7 15% 18 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 15.9 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$114 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 76 77 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 367 Write 79.3 Mixed 111 SusWrite 76.7 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 16.6 81% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 21.5 24% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	17.3"	1280 720	CMN1735

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-175A

CPU
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	112x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	68x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	65x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	193x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples	45x
GTX 850MNvidiaBench 14%, 13,931 samples	20x

SSD
HG6 mSATA 128GBToshibaBench 71%, 3,217 samples	14x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	10x
RBU-SMS100S3128GD 128GBKingstonBench 63%, 481 samples	5x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 6,146 samples	39x
MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 3,484 samples	23x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 1x8GBAdataBench 28%, 4,045 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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