MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.59% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GS43VR 6RE
MotherboardMSI MS-14A3  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161222
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 29 '18 at 10:02
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 83.3
1-Core 104
2-Core 208
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 539
52% 429 Pts
64-Core 496
31% 496 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
MSI(1462 11C0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4454
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.59% Terrible
Lighting 6.97
Reflection 53.2
Parallax 6.84
6% 22.3 fps
MRender 8.52
Gravity 6.13
Splatting 14.3
8% 9.64 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.59%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57XA4104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 530 558 582 559 568 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 824
Write 586
Mixed 526
SusWrite 550
139% 622 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 21.6
75% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 688
DQ Write 469
DQ Mixed 534
410% 564 MB/s
Poor: 91%
This bench: 115%
Great: 176%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160
698GB free
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 378 402 370 348 350 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 317
Write 319
Mixed 225
SusWrite 370
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 46.2
4K Mixed 11.5
51% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 317
225% 285 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 22.7
MC Mixed 19.4
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 23.2
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 74.6
54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 66.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MS-14A3 Builds (Compare 175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-14A3

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