MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.8% 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	171% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star GS65 Stealth 8SF
Motherboard	MSI MS-16Q4 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '22 at 21:47
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 489 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q) 10,818 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1295 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 102 Parallax 105 84% 103 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 89.6 87% 109 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 832 645 640 644 637 494 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,120 Write 1,896 Mixed 1,110 SusWrite 649 270% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 57.7 190% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 604 458% 621 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 296%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 192GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 31.7 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 22.2 23% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 67%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 20 21 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 39.8 Write 38.2 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 20.7 43% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.7 258% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 64%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 38.6 Write 5.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.9 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB 108,106 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q4

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,184x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	470x
Core i9-9880HIntelBench 79%, 11,095 samples	92x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	798x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	402x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	285x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	298x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 512GBWDCBench 167%, 7,253 samples	242x
RBUSNS8154P3512GJ 512GBKingstonBench 114%, 8,131 samples	165x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	396x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	361x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 28,425 samples	151x

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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 $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