MSI H81I (MS-7851)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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. 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H81I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 20:56
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 288 8-Core 290 39% 289 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1628 MHz, MLim: 1932 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 98.2 Parallax 84.3 64% 87 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 76.4 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 121 121 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 119 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 67%

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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 H81I (MS-7851) Builds (Compare 492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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