MSI MS-16J9

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.27% 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	197% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE62 7RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-16J9 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 590 64% 506 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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 11C8) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.12 6% 8.61 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,955 Write 1,028 Mixed 1,105 300% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24.2 170% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 24.7 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 66 4263782 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 1876 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79693118177287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 62 58 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 38 42 68719476774 (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 -51058571214837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2286850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1976932 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 23% Great: 68%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	4.67% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 4.45 Mixed 5.69 9% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.67% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 102%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J9

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	2,444x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	1,291x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,228x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,008x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	498x

SSD
THNSNJ256G8NY 256GBToshibaBench 76%, 12,683 samples	207x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBSamsungBench 176%, 11,069 samples	126x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	110x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	758x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	304x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples	212x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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