MSI MS-16Q2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive189% 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 Thin 8RF
MotherboardMSI MS-16Q2  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180702
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateAug 08 '19 at 14:39
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User PAN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 94.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 224
85% 148 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 640
68% 544 Pts
64-Core 735
46% 735 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q)
MSI(1462 1227) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9835
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
68.6% Good
Lighting 85
Reflection 96.4
Parallax 77.5
69% 86.3 fps
MRender 86.1
Gravity 77.9
Splatting 82.7
67% 82.2 fps
Poor: 44%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 69%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
304GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 924 927 917 61 41 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 1434
Write 922
Mixed 870
SusWrite 629
215% 964 MB/s
4K Read 52.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 66.5
226% 77.7 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 677
DQ Mixed 220
250% 416 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 189%
Great: 242%
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G 256GB
109GB free
Firmware: 10123000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 444 444 436 441 442 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
198% Outstanding
Read 1,579
Write 1,522
Mixed 1,285
SusWrite 463
272% 1,213 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 63.1
215% 78.3 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 924
DQ Mixed 796
626% 861 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 198%
Great: 223%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 32.4
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 22.2
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 32.1
SC Mixed 26.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 59.6
67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 81%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16Q2 Builds (Compare 1,187 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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