MSI GS66 Stealth

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.6% 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 Drive230% 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
SystemMSI GS66 Stealth  (all builds)
MotherboardMicro-Star MS-16V1
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200923
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateMar 25 '21 at 22:53
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 89.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 224
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 566
59% 474 Pts
64-Core 713
44% 713 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
MSI(1462 12AE) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7642
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
5.6% Terrible
Lighting 5.9
Reflection 60
Parallax 7.1
5% 24.3 fps
MRender 9.3
Gravity 5.7
Splatting 10.5
7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.6%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1032 1TB
544GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11111000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1328 1430 1398 1434 1295 1257 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,371
Write 1,256
Mixed 1,218
SusWrite 1357
293% 1,301 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 59.3
198% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 907
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 695
516% 694 MB/s
Poor: 182%
This bench: 230%
Great: 322%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 32
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 23.3
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 34.6
SC Mixed 23.6
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16V1 Builds (Compare 1,637 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: MSI GS66 Stealth - $1,599

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Total price: $1,599
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