MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	55 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 15:06
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	QAT-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 209 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 622 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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: 517.48 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 133 Parallax 124 96% 125 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 115 98% 119 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 731GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1168 1359 1418 1426 1093 1085 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,832 Write 1,602 Mixed 852 SusWrite 1258 310% 1386 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 49.3 156% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 646 480% 639 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 302%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 366 433 367 386 411 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 862 Write 912 Mixed 795 SusWrite 420 168% 747 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 39.3 140% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 601 442% 590 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 207%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 120 120 120 123 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 119 112 107 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 115 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 26.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

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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	259x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	232x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	357x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	308x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	19x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	122x
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	157x
MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GBKingstonBench 77%, 1,520 samples	95x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 4x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 831 samples	67x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16