MSI MS-16S2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics10% 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 Drive205% 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.
SystemMicro-Star PS63 Modern 8RDS
MotherboardMSI MS-16S2  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190821
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 10 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8565U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 91.1
1-Core 137
2-Core 280
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 605
71% 549 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with Max-Q Design
MSI(1462 1284) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3184
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
10% Terrible
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 30
Parallax 39.2
0% 23.1 fps
MRender 36.5
Gravity 36.8
Splatting 34.5
29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 22%
This bench: 10%
Great: 29%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
839GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1117 915 1176 588 290 185 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
205% Outstanding
Read 1,354
Write 1,291
Mixed 1013
SusWrite 712
245% 1,092 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 67.5
235% 83.4 MB/s
DQ Read 629
DQ Write 931
DQ Mixed 420
418% 660 MB/s
Poor: 127%
This bench: 205%
Great: 255%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
77.1% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 21.8
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 20.3
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MS-16S2 Builds (Compare 126 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-16S2

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