MSI MS-16Q2

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF
Motherboard	MSI MS-16Q2 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180403
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 05:06
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 832 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 980 61% 980 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q) 9,069 User benchmarks, average bench 61% MSI(1462 1227) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 113 Parallax 80.5 72% 93.7 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 87.4 71% 86.2 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba KSG60ZMV512G 512GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 477GB free Firmware: ABXA4102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 45 39 261994381367 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27441	79.4% Very good	Read 503 Write 476 Mixed 469 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 17.6 94% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 34.6 31% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 98%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 1,810 Mixed 1,460 364% 1,626 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 29.7 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 29.7 93% 200 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD Kingston CBD24D4S7D8MB-16 32GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q2

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	1,174x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	8x
Core i9-11900KIntelBench 67%, 3 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	587x
GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 61%, 9,069 samples	430x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	154x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	161x
SD9SN8W512G 512GBSandiskBench 83%, 1,265 samples	146x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	58x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	555x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	90x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	67x

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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 $178	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