MSI MS-B9181

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	101% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star H310 Gaming Infinite S (MS-B928)
Motherboard	MSI MS-B9181 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190516
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '21 at 20:04
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$102 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 472 52% 410 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 166 Parallax 118 99% 135 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 110 Splatting 105 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNW256G8 256GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 85 27 18 5 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 442 Mixed 472 SusWrite 46.2 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 54.8 183% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 162 162% 250 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 149%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 270GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 131 134 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 106 SusWrite 132 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 652GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 37 41 40 32 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 42.5 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 38.4 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB 108,106 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	6	144	27"	1280 720	MSI3FA3 MSI MPG27CQ2

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B9181

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	603x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	322x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	154x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	132x

SSD
SSDPEKNW256G8 256GBIntelBench 119%, 1,046 samples	175x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1032 256GBWDCBench 150%, 2,948 samples	102x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1032 128GBWDCBench 168%, 700 samples	69x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	355x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	222x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 42,779 samples	77x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $218

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 $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