MSI MS-17A3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.8% 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	255% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

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

System	Micro-Star GT75 Titan 8RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-17A3 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '19 at 00:35
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 815 80% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% MSI(1462 121E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 120 Parallax 91.7 78% 103 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 102 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1312 298 307 309 308 308 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,464 Write 1,462 Mixed 889 SusWrite 474 291% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 76.6 262% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 1,099 DQ Mixed 984 753% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 280%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$87 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 385GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 466 467 468 469 469 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 460 Mixed 374 SusWrite 465 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 34.5 115% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 276 226% 324 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 120%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 181GB free Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 639 636 636 639 636 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,940 Write 1,390 Mixed 806 SusWrite 674 267% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 80.9 276% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,402 DQ Write 1,223 DQ Mixed 1,139 901% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 259%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 308GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 262 249 268 264 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 428 Write 296 Mixed 355 SusWrite 261 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 24.4 86% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 111 96% 146 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 69%
HGST HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 820GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 38 Write 31.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 38.1 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 04CD F4-2666C19-8GRS M471A1K43CB1-CTD 04CD F4-2666C19-8GRS 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

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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	43x

GPU
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	152x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	33x

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	50x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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