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    MSI Workstation WE73 8SJ CPU Performance Issue

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by DrMindRiot, Feb 22, 2019.

  1. DrMindRiot

    DrMindRiot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Everyone,

    My partner recently purchased this machine:

    https://www.msi.com/Workstation/WE73-8SJ

    The machine is configured with the i7-8750H. Out of the box, the machine is returning a 850 Cinebench score which I feel is a bit low. I undervolted the CPU by -0.130V and now Cinebench returns a 1050 score on average. Although I am happy with the improvement, I feel I should be seeing a 1200+ score with this CPU.

    The machine is not thermal throttling at all, however, I did notice that it is Power Limit Throttling quite a bit. Does anyone know a workaround/solution for this?

    Currently the machine has 1 stick of 16GB Ram. I plan to add another stick in the next few weeks. Is it possible running dual channel memory will solve my performance issue?

    Thank you in advance.
     
    DrMindRiot, Feb 22, 2019
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    DrMindRiot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Am hoping for some advise. Thank you in advance.
     
    DrMindRiot, Mar 22, 2019
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    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    It is possible that the score was lowered by the halfed memory bandwidth and Yes the norm for an i7-8750H is around 1250 for cb.

    Use the unlock key combination for MSI laptops written on this page to access the hidden items in the MSI BIOS:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...trol-of-the-i7-8750h-advanced-version.823065/

    And then go here to add TDP offset (See IMON part) to the reported wattage to avoid the 45W throttling:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...advanced-version.823065/page-11#post-10879610
     
    hackness, Mar 23, 2019
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    Thank you so much! You absolutely rock!
     
    DrMindRiot, Mar 27, 2019
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    Yes, dual channel solve this. Sure.

    Enviado desde mi ONEPLUS A5010 mediante Tapatalk
     
    plcg, Mar 27, 2019
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