MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.13% 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 Drive131% 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.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 9SD
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190516
Uptime2 Days
Run DateNov 22 '20 at 04:02
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 248
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 639
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 806
50% 806 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
5.13% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 86.5
Parallax 8.22
5% 33.8 fps
MRender 12.2
Gravity 6.97
Splatting 0.04
4% 6.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.13%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 512GB
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 429 459 439 442 424 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 703
Write 479
Mixed 452
SusWrite 436
116% 518 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 44.3
155% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 770
DQ Write 518
DQ Mixed 565
443% 618 MB/s
Poor: 107%
This bench: 131%
Great: 204%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
724GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 104 102 103 104 104 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
66.9% Good
Read 128
Write 120
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 104
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.3
132% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
79.7% Very good
MC Read 31.6
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 22.4
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 26.3
71% 25 GB/s
Latency 59.6
67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.7%
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 1,778 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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