MSI MS-17A3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, 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 Drive241% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GT75 Titan 8RG
MotherboardMSI MS-17A3  (all builds)
Memory37.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180514
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 21 '19 at 21:47
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 130
2-Core 269
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 870
80% 667 Pts
64-Core 803
50% 803 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1220) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 142
Parallax 122
105% 131 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
94% 116 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB
403GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 624 644 649 624 652 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
241% Outstanding
Read 2,384
Write 1,774
Mixed 935
SusWrite 679
320% 1,443 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 64.2
212% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,012
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 817
624% 850 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 241%
Great: 332%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB
907GB free
Firmware: 401000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 452 445 458 457 459 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 432
Write 387
Mixed 334
SusWrite 452
90% 401 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 78.6
4K Mixed 43.4
145% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 253
216% 316 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 106%
Great: 117%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD Kingston 9905624-009.A00G M471A2K43CB1-CTD Kingston ACR24D4S7S8MB-8 48GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
74.9% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 22.7
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 24.3
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A3 Builds (Compare 184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A3

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HDDRAMUSB
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