MSI MS-16Q3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.07% 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	128% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star P65 Creator 8RE
Motherboard	MSI MS-16Q3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181024
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '19 at 05:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 635 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1244) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6169 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.86 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G 512GB 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 757 715 668 703 717 718 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 574 Write 619 Mixed 555 SusWrite 713 139% 615 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 19 82% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 943 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 787 598% 811 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 212%
Hitachi HTS 721010A9E630 1TB 1,664 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 397GB free Firmware: JB0O SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 100 102 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 99.5 62% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GB 44,819 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 13.5 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q3

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	116x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	56x
GTX 1060 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 43%, 36,643 samples	32x
GeForce GTX 1050 TiNvidiaBench 34%, 661 samples	28x

SSD
RBUSNS8154P3512GJ 512GBKingstonBench 114%, 8,131 samples	39x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G 512GBWDCBench 172%, 1,198 samples	23x
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ 256GBKingstonBench 96%, 18,615 samples	8x

RAM
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	43x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	38x
78.D2GG7.AU30B 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 88 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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