MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.9% 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 Drive187% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 8SE
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181224
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 02 '19 at 23:33
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 83.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 246
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 670
71% 568 Pts
64-Core 814
50% 814 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.9% Terrible
Lighting 7.33
Reflection 98.2
Parallax 7.09
6% 37.5 fps
MRender 8.48
Gravity 6.7
Splatting 14.9
9% 10 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.9%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 309 314 315 316 314 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 1237
Write 1,129
Mixed 665
SusWrite 322
187% 838 MB/s
4K Read 55.8
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 67.2
225% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,309
DQ Write 850
DQ Mixed 939
738% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 187%
Great: 236%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB
83GB free, PID 7000
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 23 24 24 24 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
10.7% Very poor
Read 23
Write 18
Mixed 17.2
SusWrite 23.6
28% 20.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
35% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 10.7%
Great: 48%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
45.2% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 12.7
43% 15.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 14.6
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 73.8
54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q4 Builds (Compare 1,780 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q4

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