MSI GS66 Stealth

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.7% 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 Drive	258% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 77% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI GS66 Stealth (all builds)
Motherboard	Micro-Star MS-16V1
Memory	54.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200709
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 17:43
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	77%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980HK 7,777 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 85.5 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 633 58% 485 Pts	64-Core 892 55% 892 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super Mobile Max-Q) 3,436 User benchmarks, average bench 93% MSI(1462 12AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 93% 127 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 97% 121 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1032 1TB 11,331 User benchmarks, average bench 252% 810GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11111000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1795 1698 1713 1701 1697 1695 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 2,000 Mixed 1,682 SusWrite 1,716 413% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 54.2 176% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 514 373% 488 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 322%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$130 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2191 999 991 922 487 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,118 Write 718 Mixed 714 SusWrite 983 198% 883 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 50.1 149% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 577 425% 562 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 322%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL32G32C16S4B.M16FB1 2x31.5GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 63GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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System: MSI GS66 Stealth - $1,599

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	1,226x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	218x
Core i9-10980HKIntelBench 84%, 7,777 samples	199x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	663x
GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 79%, 8,783 samples	365x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	350x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1032 1TBWDCBench 252%, 11,331 samples	539x
MZVLB1T0HBLR-00000 1TBSamsungBench 275%, 9,396 samples	180x
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1032 512GBWDCBench 221%, 6,012 samples	178x

RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	399x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	370x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	180x

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Total price: $1,599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16