MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive170% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GT73VR 6RF
MotherboardMSI MS-17A1  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160811
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 19 '17 at 03:29
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 126
2-Core 237
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 706
71% 576 Pts
64-Core 709
44% 709 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 148
Parallax 124
111% 136 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 134
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 105%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 1TB
976GB free
Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 495
Write 498
Mixed 490
111% 495 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 97.5
4K Mixed 38.4
141% 54.1 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 247
DQ Mixed 81.8
111% 204 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 105%
Great: 105%
Toshiba THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 1,644
Write 528
Mixed 738
211% 970 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 51.3
187% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 394
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 136
149% 254 MB/s
Poor: 91%
This bench: 170%
Great: 279%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 23.1
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 24.3
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-17A1 Builds (Compare 742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

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