MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics15% 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 Drive126% 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 8SE
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181224
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 01 '19 at 06:51
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 78.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 242
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 730
72% 590 Pts
64-Core 859
53% 859 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1749
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
15% Very poor
Lighting 10
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 36.9
8% 19.5 fps
MRender 14.9
Gravity 37.4
Splatting 45.5
28% 32.6 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 15%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G 512GB
278GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 683 678 649 632 598 686 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 600
Write 645
Mixed 555
SusWrite 654
139% 613 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 52.3
4K Mixed 20.9
86% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 885
DQ Write 754
DQ Mixed 820
614% 820 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 126%
Great: 212%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
46.2% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 13.4
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 16.1
45% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 83.4
48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q4 Builds (Compare 1,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q4

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