MSI MS-16J4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.66% 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 Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Micro-Star GE62 6QF
Motherboard	MSI MS-16J4 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '16 at 00:35
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 544 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 530 (PHDGD Skylake v2.9) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 116D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 3.0.64.2016 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 7 6% 21.6 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ128G8NY 128GB 7,789 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 62 27 313533202470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 460 Mixed 493 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 38.2 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 130 128% 204 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 673GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4284 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 257698431012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 126 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16J4

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	340x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	36x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	236x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	139x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	1x

SSD
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	29x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	26x
PX-128M6G+ 128GBPlextorBench 80%, 311 samples	15x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	156x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	52x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16