MSI MS-14A3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.41% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GS43VR 7RE
MotherboardMSI MS-14A3  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161121
Uptime9.2 Days
Run DateAug 06 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Memory 84.8
1-Core 107
2-Core 216
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 600
64% 513 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 11C0) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.41% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 68.7
Parallax 7.44
6% 27.9 fps
MRender 10.9
Gravity 7.07
Splatting 15.7
10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.41%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ128G8NY 128GB
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JYXA0101
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 448
Write 400
Mixed 386
92% 411 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 87.3
4K Mixed 41.3
130% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 302
217% 277 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
914GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3U0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 118 118 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Read 130
Write 124
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 116
71% 98.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-8 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 26.2
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 24.1
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 84%

 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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