MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive219% 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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 8SG
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181224
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateDec 07 '19 at 19:18
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 248
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 686
74% 586 Pts
64-Core 828
51% 828 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)
MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4141
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.7% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 128
Parallax 123
93% 122 fps
MRender 141
Gravity 99.6
Splatting 92.3
88% 111 fps
Poor: 73%
This bench: 91.7%
Great: 102%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
882GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1462 1448 1396 1164 1177 1178 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
219% Outstanding
Read 747
Write 1,574
Mixed 876
SusWrite 1,304
256% 1,125 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 69
199% 70.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,130
DQ Write 971
DQ Mixed 1,038
782% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 219%
Great: 372%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
954GB free
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1011 1026 1076 1072 1088 1082 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
175% Outstanding
Read 605
Write 335
Mixed 904
SusWrite 1,059
165% 726 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 47.6
184% 68 MB/s
DQ Read 638
DQ Write 699
DQ Mixed 269
313% 536 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 175%
Great: 255%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown J642GU42J9266NF Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 32GB
2667, 2667 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 34.2
MC Mixed 23.1
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 31
SC Mixed 24.8
71% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 90%

 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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