MSI MS-16H5

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.22% 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	59.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GS60 2QE
Motherboard	MSI MS-16H5 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 10:26
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5700HQ 14,004 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 554 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 5600 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1102) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.22% Terrible	Lighting 5.13 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 7.25 4% 19.5 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 5.37 Splatting 11.6 7% 8.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.22% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 SATA M.2 128GB 5,880 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUXA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4076 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 186 186 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 49 34 283468955699 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.5% Above average	Read 488 Write 207 Mixed 170 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 20.2 83% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 18.8 22% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 98%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 913GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4120 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29261 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979413023 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 127 Mixed 135 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 58%

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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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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16H5

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	73x
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	47x
Core i7-5700HQIntelBench 69%, 14,004 samples	41x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	77x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	44x
HD Graphics 5600IntelBench 4%, 7,009 samples	30x

SSD
HG6 SATA M.2 128GBToshibaBench 76%, 5,880 samples	33x
RBU-SNS8100S3128GD1 128GBKingstonBench 63%, 932 samples	27x
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	19x

RAM
MSI16D3LS1MNG/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 54%, 4,507 samples	61x
AM1L16BC8R2-B1QS 2x8GBAdataBench 52%, 1,843 samples	21x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $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 $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