MSI MS-16J5

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.2% 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	210% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 96% 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.

System	Micro-Star PE60 6QE
Motherboard	MSI MS-16J5 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 04:40
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 164 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 434 39% 328 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 115A) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.9709 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 19.7 15% 18.8 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 21 Splatting 16.8 16% 20.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 328 323 318 319 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2148 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,127 SusWrite 358 282% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 70.9 239% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 567 436% 601 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 280%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 289GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 71 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 73.5 Write 98.7 Mixed 55 SusWrite 72.1 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%

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

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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	1,159x
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

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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 $40	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