MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive157% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 9SE
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory1.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190516
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateNov 23 '20 at 02:43
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
67.9% Good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 101
2-Core 184
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 299
8-Core 470
47% 384 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards 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)
5.06% Terrible
Lighting 6.77
Reflection 91.7
Parallax 8.31
6% 35.6 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 7
Splatting 0.04
4% 5.87 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.06%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
66.2% Good
Lighting 79.1
Reflection 86.1
Parallax 89.7
64% 84.9 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 70.7
Splatting 70.7
70% 87.7 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 146 143 141 140 135 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
157% Outstanding
Read 1,343
Write 326
Mixed 1159
SusWrite 158
165% 747 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 82.4
4K Mixed 56.4
184% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 924
DQ Write 691
DQ Mixed 782
591% 799 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 157%
Great: 296%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB
422GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 89 89 89 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
47.9% Average
Read 77.5
Write 52.4
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 89.2
50% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 47.9%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
60% Above average
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 18.1
61% 21.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 19.1
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 60%
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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