MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.09% 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 Drive145% 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)
Memory6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190214
Uptime4.4 Days
Run DateApr 10 '20 at 03:17
Run Duration187 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 111
2-Core 219
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 467
51% 404 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.09% Terrible
Lighting 6.5
Reflection 86.8
Parallax 7.38
5% 33.5 fps
MRender 6
Gravity 6.23
Splatting 13.8
8% 8.67 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.09%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kbg30zmv512g TOSHIBA 512GB
263GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ADXA0103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 616 591 587 595 590 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
145% Outstanding
Read 803
Write 585
Mixed 667
SusWrite 594
149% 662 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 77.5
4K Mixed 49.6
164% 55.5 MB/s
DQ Read 889
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 444
362% 533 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 145%
Great: 166%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
33.5% Below average
MC Read 9.2
MC Write 13.5
MC Mixed 11.1
32% 11.3 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 12
SC Mixed 9.7
27% 9.4 GB/s
Latency 82.1
49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 33.5%
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 1,780 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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