MSI GS66 Stealth

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	262% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI GS66 Stealth (all builds)
Motherboard	Micro-Star MS-16V1
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201119
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '21 at 01:08
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	77%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 141 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 884 80% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,288 80% 1,288 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super Mobile Max-Q) 3,561 User benchmarks, average bench 86% MSI(1462 12AE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6140 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 81% 110 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 98 Splatting 97.4 89% 111 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 96%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB1T0HBLR-00000 1TB 9,396 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 780GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXF7201Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 1443 1301 1643 1638 1610 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,645 Write 1,971 Mixed 787 SusWrite 1,472 330% 1,469 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.1 218% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,122 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 854 641% 869 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43EB1-CTD 2x16GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.3 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

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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	1,220x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	218x
Core i9-10980HKIntelBench 84%, 7,777 samples	198x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	660x
GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 79%, 8,783 samples	364x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	348x

SSD
PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1032 1TBWDCBench 252%, 11,331 samples	536x
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	398x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	368x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	180x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16