MSI MS-17A3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	199% 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT75 Titan 8RG
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 08:54
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 158 69% 114 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 473 45% 374 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% MSI(1462 1220) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 129 Parallax 112 99% 121 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 119 Splatting 98.7 88% 108 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1582 1302 625 624 624 625 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,797 Write 1,646 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 897 310% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 37.5 122% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 719 DQ Mixed 787 587% 780 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 313%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 421GB free Firmware: AAXA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1003 440 440 435 440 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1315 Write 1,061 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 532 224% 999 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 36.6 119% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 790 DQ Mixed 786 612% 842 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 751GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 135 135 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 132 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 133 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 75%
ST9500424AS 500GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 112 112 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 111 129% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GB 44,819 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 8400 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 49%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI MS-17A3

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	87x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	55x
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	152x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	32x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	39x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	12x
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	8x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	49x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	25x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	22x

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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 $45	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