MSI H81M PRO-VD (MS-7846)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7846
Motherboard	MSI H81M PRO-VD (MS-7846) (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150414
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 20:41
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 198 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 329 47% 344 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.8 37% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 39.7 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 116 129 134 135 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 32 SusWrite 132 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 1x8GB 4,013 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 7.93 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H81M PRO-VD (MS-7846) Builds (Compare 211 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M PRO-VD (MS-7846)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	64x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	28x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	15x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	7x
INTENSO 128GBBench 65%, 3,345 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x
KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GBKingstonBench 42%, 998 samples	6x

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Total price: $296

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