MSI MS-16H8

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.72% 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 Drive	126% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star WS60 6QJ
Motherboard	MSI MS-16H8 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 21:20
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 514 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 116B) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 7.06 6% 10.2 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 13.8 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 318 305 314 308 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,242 Write 496 Mixed 499 SusWrite 323 141% 640 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 28.9 118% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 320 276% 425 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 214%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 894GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 121 118 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 24 SusWrite 120 70% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GB 14,350 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-16H8

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	98x
Xeon E3-1505M v5IntelBench 66%, 6,024 samples	10x
Xeon E3-1505M v6IntelBench 70%, 4,124 samples	8x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	60x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	18x
GeForce GTX 965MNvidiaBench 24%, 3,080 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	10x
THNSNJ128G8NY 128GBToshibaBench 73%, 7,789 samples	9x
THNSN5128GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBToshibaBench 150%, 2,421 samples	6x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	26x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	14x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16