MSI MS-16H5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics35.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive130% 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.
SystemMicro-Star GS60 2QE
MotherboardMSI MS-16H5  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160222
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateDec 25 '18 at 23:43
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 104
2-Core 184
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 327
8-Core 516
52% 421 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M
MSI(1462 1102) 3GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
35.9% Below average
Lighting 44.7
Reflection 45.7
Parallax 41.1
36% 43.8 fps
MRender 47.8
Gravity 43.7
Splatting 38.5
35% 43.3 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 35.9%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 473 464 239 220 605 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 1,057
Write 792
Mixed 674
SusWrite 440
165% 741 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 65.1
4K Mixed 39.8
126% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 461
DQ Write 501
DQ Mixed 485
364% 482 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 130%
Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
363GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 99 99 100 99 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 117
Write 106
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 98.4
64% 88.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI16D3LS1KBG/8G 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 16.7
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 19.8
52% 18.2 GB/s
Latency 75.5
53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16H5 Builds (Compare 163 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16H5

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