MSI MS-17A2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive182% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star GT75VR 7RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A2  (all builds)
Memory25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateOct 30 '21 at 02:12
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 127
2-Core 242
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 694
71% 571 Pts
64-Core 676
42% 676 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 133
Parallax 128
103% 129 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 130
Splatting 114
97% 119 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100
430GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EGFM11.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1202 821 859 790 783 839 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 567
Write 2,289
Mixed 422
SusWrite 882
238% 1,040 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 48.9
190% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,222
DQ Write 899
DQ Mixed 1,087
805% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 189%
This bench: 182%
Great: 486%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
224GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1844 677 666 667 665 665 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 1,933
Write 1,708
Mixed 743
SusWrite 864
292% 1,312 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 63
227% 86.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1109
DQ Write 1,064
DQ Mixed 848
702% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 248%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 029E CMSX16GX4M2A2400C16 M471A1K43BB1-CRC 029E CMSX16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
81.2% Excellent
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 25.1
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 34.1
SC Mixed 26.3
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A2 Builds (Compare 124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A2

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