MSI MS-17A1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	284% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star GT73VR 7RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A1 (all builds)
Memory	57.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 22:50
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 622 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 460.89 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 103% 131 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 116 99% 122 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1519 1607 1494 1504 1512 1510 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,425 Write 1,426 Mixed 680 SusWrite 1,524 336% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 63 212% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 614 463% 624 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 306%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 209GB free Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1710 1712 1702 1709 1699 1647 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 1511 Mixed 966 SusWrite 1,696 365% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.3 214% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 651 491% 659 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 306%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 90 90 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 91.9 Mixed 20 SusWrite 88.1 53% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 75%
USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE 124GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 54GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 82 85 86 86 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 129 Write 84.5 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 83.4 101% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 4x16GB 591 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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