MSI MS-B9181

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star B360 Gaming Aegis 3 8 (MS-B918)
Motherboard	MSI MS-B9181 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190422
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 16:49
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 786 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 939 58% 939 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 139 Parallax 133 105% 134 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 117 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 189 159 49 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 858 Mixed 311 SusWrite 169 157% 716 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 26.5 99% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 410 290% 359 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 157%
WD WD5000YS-18MPB1 500GB 1,050 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 303GB free Firmware: 07.02E07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 5.8 5.2 6.7 5 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.01% Terrible	Read 5 Write 5.2 Mixed 4 SusWrite 5.4 4% 4.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 3.01% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 14 18 18 14 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	7.9% Terrible	Read 11.7 Write 16.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 15.9 9% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 7.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 2x8GB 23,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

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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	8	6	60	18.4"	1280 720	GSM4BAD W1943

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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	604x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	323x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	259x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	171x
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	223x
M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 42,779 samples	78x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $218

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