MSI MS-1656

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.52% 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	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	MSI MS-1656 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120913
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 09:29
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 430 14,318 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.25 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 63.7 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 109 48% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 142 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 143 9% 143 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 1061) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.52% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 8.27 Parallax 10.5 9% 10 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 9.83 7% 8.59 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.52% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1572880 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 219 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279174578209 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 168 (F1) Unknown 253 253 156 (F2) Unknown 253 253 104 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	33.8% Below average	Read 255 Write 178 Mixed 181 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 6.25 41% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 40.5 24% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 101%
Generic SD04G SD Card 4GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free Firmware: 5.1 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Read 10 Write 7.97 Mixed 8.72 7% 8.91 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.17 188% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BCS0-DJ-F 2x4GB 3,512 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1067 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.4% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.6 24% 8.43 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 51%

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Typical MS-1656 Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-1656

CPU
Core i5 M 460Intel $130Bench 40%, 18,336 samples	4x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	2x
Core i5 M 520Intel $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples	1x

GPU
Mobility Radeon HD 5850AMDBench 7%, 1,228 samples	5x
GeForce GTS 250MNvidiaBench 4%, 297 samples	3x

SSD
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	1x
MZYTY128HDHP-000L2 128GBSamsungBench 75%, 1,392 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
M471B5673FH0-CH9 2x2GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,297 samples	1x
HMT125S6TFR8C-H9 2x2GBHynixBench 29%, 1,376 samples	1x
M471B5673FH0-CH9 M471B5273CH0-CH9 6GBSamsungBench 31%, 222 samples	1x

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Total price: $130

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