MSI MS-16Q4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.64% 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	183% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star WS65 9TM
Motherboard	MSI MS-16Q4 (all builds)
Memory	37.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190726
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '23 at 17:24
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9880H 11,095 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 502 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 1274) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7584 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.64% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 7.6 5% 27 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 9.9 7% 8.73 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 971 891 1060 846 861 874 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1231 Write 1266 Mixed 1108 SusWrite 917 255% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 52.3 182% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 582 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 512 377% 498 MB/s
Poor: 183% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 431%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$126 5,166 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 536GB free Firmware: SS0221B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 778 823 902 855 905 911 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 898 Write 1,018 Mixed 144 SusWrite 862 164% 730 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 50.2 162% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 502 380% 518 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 380%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x31.5GB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 63GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 12.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	15.5"	2048 1152	SHP14A1

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Typical MS-16Q4 Builds (Compare 1,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16Q4

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	1,184x
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	470x
Core i9-9880HIntelBench 79%, 11,095 samples	92x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	798x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	402x
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples	285x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	298x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 512GBWDCBench 167%, 7,253 samples	242x
RBUSNS8154P3512GJ 512GBKingstonBench 114%, 8,131 samples	165x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	396x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GBSamsungBench 82%, 20,439 samples	361x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 28,425 samples	151x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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