MSI MS-16Q2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive144% 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
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star GS65 Stealth Thin 8RF
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q2  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180403
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 01 '19 at 10:42
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing below expectations (39th 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 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
71% Very good
Memory 81.7
1-Core 89.8
2-Core 193
69% 121 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 410
48% 374 Pts
64-Core 609
38% 609 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 71%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)
MSI(1462 1227) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
65.8% Good
Lighting 80.3
Reflection 96.3
Parallax 76.6
65% 84.4 fps
MRender 87
Gravity 75.4
Splatting 81.3
66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 44%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 69%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
730GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 950 820 697 688 684 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 583
Write 964
Mixed 625
SusWrite 800
169% 743 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 53
4K Mixed 38.2
99% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,015
DQ Write 772
DQ Mixed 861
653% 883 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 144%
Great: 284%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.9% Above average
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 18.1
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.5
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 19.3
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 77.4
52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q2 Builds (Compare 1,184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q2

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