MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.29% 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 Drive129% 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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth 8SE
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q4  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190516
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 16 '19 at 19:50
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 77
1-Core 109
2-Core 215
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 646
67% 539 Pts
64-Core 774
48% 774 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
MSI(1462 1274) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
6.29% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 55.3
Parallax 3.94
5% 21.8 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 6.33
Splatting 13.3
9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.29%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 321 324 323 327 329 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 802
Write 989
Mixed 550
SusWrite 345
151% 671 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 71.4
4K Mixed 24.2
98% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,096
DQ Write 977
DQ Mixed 919
721% 997 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 129%
Great: 236%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60% Above average
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 17.6
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 19.3
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 86.4
46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 60%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q4 Builds (Compare 1,778 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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