MSI H81I (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H81I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 427 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 32.8 22% 28.5 fps	MRender 35 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 27 25% 31 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6110 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1894 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12403088283	64.2% Good	Read 484 Write 336 Mixed 347 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 16.5 76% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 74 46% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 118%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 902GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 154 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8938 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8852 (C2) HDA temperature 123 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 78.6 Mixed 88.2 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 57%
WD WD75 00AARS-00Y5B 750GB 3,011 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 650GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 198 195 24236 (03) Spinup time 131 125 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1650 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134312 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 442 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 198 198 288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 353	57.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 106 Mixed 89.4 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 58%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 117974778 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3569272 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2078764171359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 969 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 81604378652 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26152055865383 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3349071801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1899057787 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.5% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 90.6 Mixed 56.8 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 4.85 4K Mixed 0.42 179% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 70%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 306GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40% Average	Read 91.2 Write 96.4 Mixed 101 126% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-466.A00LF 99U5403-468.A00LF 16GB 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI H81I (MS-7851) - $78

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	58x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	48x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	43x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	11x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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