MSI MS-14A1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GS40 6QE Phantom
Motherboard	MSI MS-14A1 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 19:27
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 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)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 552 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4542 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 6.69 6% 18.5 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 14 8% 9.85 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 0GB free Firmware: 57MB4103 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,699 Write 600 Mixed 854 230% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.3 197% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 523 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 185 218% 378 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 176%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22858 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1363 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 228 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 324 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13778318854331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 228	61% Good	Read 487 Write 245 Mixed 319 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 4.45 77% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 5.94 35% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 74%
FUJITSU MHY2120B 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 0GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 51.6 Write 50.4 Mixed 38.7 59% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.23 44% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 128GB-$80 665 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 0GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 36.4 Mixed 19.3 38% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.81 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.61 58% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,917 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 107%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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