MSI MS-17B4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.34% 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	138% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS73 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-17B4 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 21:03
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 66.6 2-Core 196 65% 115 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 566 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 11F3) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 7.25 6% 12.5 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 7 Splatting 15.4 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 542 Mixed 825 216% 987 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 27.6 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 118 128% 219 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 176%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 66 47940761 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 798308 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -112863150604214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1237 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1967095021544 (F1) Unknown 100 253 508377783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 761142076 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.7% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 75.9 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.55 188% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MS-17B4 Builds (Compare 35 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-17B4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	31x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	19x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	15x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	10x
MZNLN256HMHQ-00000 256GBSamsungBench 96%, 10,917 samples	5x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples	3x

RAM
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	18x
M471A2K43BB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 41%, 18,452 samples	3x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 687 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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