MSI MS-1814

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (11%). 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.

System	Micro-Star GT80S 6QE
Motherboard	MSI MS-1814 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160412
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 13:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 195 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 551 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 49.7 79% 66.4 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 50.8 44% 54.2 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDAV500GB-D8 500GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 53494751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45655502356501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 74 81609228341 (C2) HDA temperature 53 74 81609228341 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 53494751 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 53494751 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 53494751 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 194 (EA) Unknown 0 0 126 (F1) Unknown 0 0 126 (F2) Unknown 0 0 78	59.8% Above average	Read 477 Write 247 Mixed 253 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 14.7 65% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 44.4 57% 106 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 119GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,686 Write 664 Mixed 921 239% 1,090 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.3 191% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 169 171% 280 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 213%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 308GB free Firmware: JB0OA3S0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2953 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206159609892 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 97 Mixed 95.5 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns

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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%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16