MSI MS-1814

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star GT80S 6QE
Motherboard	MSI MS-1814 (all builds)
Memory	17.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 165 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 507 50% 411 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% MSI(1462 1171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 50.6 80% 67.8 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 51.3 44% 54.8 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 541 510 518 490 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,867 Write 1,015 Mixed 748 SusWrite 517 281% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 43.5 156% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 509 374% 502 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 189GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 82 84 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 82.1 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 3x8GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 74%

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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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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI MS-1814

CPU
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	32x
Core i7-6920HQIntelBench 70%, 3,282 samples	24x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	31x
GeForce GTX 980NvidiaBench 73%, 282 samples	19x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	10x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 256GBIntelBench 120%, 13,747 samples	15x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	8x
Raid 0 Volume 512GBIntelBench 191%, 18,578 samples	6x

RAM
M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 20,956 samples	8x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 4x16GBSamsungBench 71%, 938 samples	5x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 70%, 4,393 samples	4x

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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 $40	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