MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive197% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190214
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '19 at 08:00
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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 1.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 801
77% 636 Pts
64-Core 1,010
62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3708 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing below potential (70th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74% Very good
Lighting 89
Reflection 103
Parallax 87.1
72% 92.9 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 80
Splatting 79.7
77% 96.8 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 74%
Great: 83%
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6709
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.71% Terrible
Lighting 6.8
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 7.22
6% 8.15 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 6.4
Splatting 14.2
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.71%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G 512GB
132GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 749 639 631 918 736 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1129
Write 428
Mixed 679
SusWrite 756
166% 748 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 60.8
192% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,080
DQ Write 982
DQ Mixed 525
532% 862 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 197%
Great: 212%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
128GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 756 650 649 602 568 573 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 1,602
Write 1,496
Mixed 561
SusWrite 633
239% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 55.7
187% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1126
DQ Write 1,045
DQ Mixed 825
690% 999 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 209%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI24D4S7D8MB-16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
80% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 24.6
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.3
SC Mixed 25.8
73% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 80%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q4 Builds (Compare 1,777 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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