MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	172% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 604 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 11BB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 112% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 95% 118 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,576 Write 537 Mixed 792 212% 968 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 51.1 188% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 26.2 127% 287 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 144%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 88 3721 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1727 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206158692385 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5680	47.2% Average	Read 61.8 Write 103 Mixed 93.4 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 4x16GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17A1

CPU
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	260x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	234x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	359x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	311x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	123x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	50x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	44x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	158x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	69x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16