MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.23% 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 Drive252% 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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 9SF
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190330
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateJun 17 '19 at 10:25
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 83.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 253
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 702
75% 597 Pts
64-Core 851
53% 851 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6519
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.23% Terrible
Lighting 7.07
Reflection 107
Parallax 8.03
6% 40.7 fps
MRender 12.1
Gravity 7.23
Splatting 16.1
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.23%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
580GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1101 1068 1086 1110 1151 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
252% Outstanding
Read 1,858
Write 1894
Mixed 1,396
SusWrite 1,174
355% 1,580 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 93.1
4K Mixed 59.9
194% 66 MB/s
DQ Read 1,183
DQ Write 873
DQ Mixed 994
752% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 145%
This bench: 252%
Great: 329%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.1% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 22.2
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 20.4
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 84%

 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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