MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 02:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 205 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 377 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Lighting 5.67 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 8.53 5% 6.22 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 3.57 4% 4.72 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$50 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 137 130 142 138 138 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.9% Below average	Read 228 Write 197 Mixed 192 SusWrite 145 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 14.3 58% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 35.1 43% 76.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 327GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 90 78 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 162 Write 168 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 93.5 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF 0420 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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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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Typical H81M-P33 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 5,043 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	899x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	435x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	389x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	369x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	297x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	281x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	154x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	103x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	63x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $354

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16