MSI MS-16J5

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.6% 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 Drive	89.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star GE62 6QD
Motherboard	MSI MS-16J5 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 20:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 196 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 522 55% 441 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 115A) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6663 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 24 Parallax 17.6 9% 17.7 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 19 Splatting 16.5 16% 20 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 307 233 147 142 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 323 Mixed 304 SusWrite 224 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 37.8 144% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 153 149% 233 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 68GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 49 48 48 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 44.1 Write 35.1 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 48.1 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI21D4S15HAG/8G 9905668-002.A00G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	15.5"	1280 720	LGD046F

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 57%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J5

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,168x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	328x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	88x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	943x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	507x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	91x

SSD
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	154x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	56x
HFS128G39MNC-3510A 128GBBench 79%, 2,005 samples	32x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	285x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	237x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	171x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16