MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	219% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A1 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '22 at 04:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 188 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 519 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1155) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 7.7 5% 19 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 838 896 916 897 924 923 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,459 Write 932 Mixed 899 SusWrite 899 234% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 75 266% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 225 259% 430 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 242%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 687GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 133 132 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 132 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 132 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3E1 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	95x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	56x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	41x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	9x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	7x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsung $60Bench 171%, 1,772 samples	7x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	18x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	14x
CT4G4SFS824A.C8FBD2 Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3H1R 8GBUnknownBench 66%, 7 samples	7x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16