MSI H81I (MS-7851)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI H81I (MS-7851) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 21:46
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v3 384 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 110 2-Core 203 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 584 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 570 1,354 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0474) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	0.86% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 0.34 1% 0.97 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 0.6 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.86% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 231 232 236 205 229 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 247 Write 290 Mixed 334 SusWrite 227 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 20.4 77% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 95.7 82% 123 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 99%
Mercury Electra 6G SSD 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 222GB free Firmware: Q0616B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6 72 240 226 7.2 MB/s Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.4% Above average	Read 262 Write 239 Mixed 235 SusWrite 93 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 20 107% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 0.5 42% 100 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 86%
OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 360GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 173GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 183 172 169 167 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 380 Write 276 Mixed 284 SusWrite 171 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 20.3 80% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 79.3 DQ Mixed 87.7 81% 130 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 57%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 28GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 15 14 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 7.7 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 14.6 26% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.3 80% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 35%

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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