MSI H81I (MS-7851)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H81I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '18 at 00:03
Run Duration	93 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 374 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1CH162 80GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84636625543245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 52 73017851938 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193743 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 92 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 80 80 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 193743 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2411475 (F9) Unknown 100 100 46539	55.6% Above average	Read 431 Write 94.6 Mixed 130 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 13.4 103% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 24.4 31% 54 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 850GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 88 145603536 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 4368 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 532488156 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1025 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 364 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098502 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1747 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7932 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 64424509471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 92.2 Mixed 104 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 65%

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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 8%

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Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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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