MSI MS-16J5

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.2% 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.

System	Micro-Star GE62 6QD
Motherboard	MSI MS-16J5 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 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	Aug 04 '21 at 15:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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)	72.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 180 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 522 52% 421 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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. 30.0.14.7141 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 20.6 18% 20.5 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 23 Splatting 16.6 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 244 153 174 156 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 493 Write 323 Mixed 301 SusWrite 190 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 37.5 141% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 154 152% 241 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%
WD WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0 240GB 223GB free Firmware: V8X14c18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 36 34 26 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3,794 Write 40.3 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 32.9 708% 987 MB/s	4K Read 578 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 5.5 24,744% 195 MB/s

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 (84^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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 12: 1R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	15%	27	93	4	60	15.5"	1920 1080	LGD046F

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16J5

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,159x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	326x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	88x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	937x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	502x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	90x

SSD
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	151x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	55x
HFS128G39MNC-3510A 128GBBench 79%, 2,005 samples	32x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	280x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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