MSI H81I (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H81I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 21:14
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 231 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 626 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 147 Parallax 145 124% 148 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 137 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 387 377 364 365 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 468 Mixed 352 SusWrite 374 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 44.7 161% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 341 259% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 623GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 178 179 179 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 178 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 149 152 149 152 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 103 Write 75.7 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 150 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 459GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 84 84 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 88.2 Write 88.7 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 84.5 106% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 71%

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

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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	34x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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: $325

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