MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive177% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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)
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191007
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJan 20 '20 at 22:10
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 83.3
1-Core 121
2-Core 247
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 786
76% 627 Pts
64-Core 1,028
64% 1,028 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
MSI(1462 1274) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4166
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73% Very good
Lighting 89.3
Reflection 99.4
Parallax 91.8
73% 93.5 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 74.8
Splatting 77.1
73% 92.1 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 73%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 512GB
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 741 741 704 284 272 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
177% Outstanding
Read 839
Write 856
Mixed 751
SusWrite 619
173% 766 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 58.5
193% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,077
DQ Write 983
DQ Mixed 1,072
792% 1,044 MB/s
Poor: 107%
This bench: 177%
Great: 204%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
206GB free
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 103 103 103 101 101 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
160% Outstanding
Read 1,288
Write 910
Mixed 924
SusWrite 232
186% 839 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 64.8
210% 74.6 MB/s
DQ Read 638
DQ Write 658
DQ Mixed 271
308% 522 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 160%
Great: 255%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD Kingston MSI26D4S9D8ME-16 32GB
2667, 2667 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
89% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 34.6
MC Mixed 27.6
91% 31.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 36.8
SC Mixed 28.6
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 74.6
54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89%
Great: 89%

 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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