MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.58% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 12:09
Run Duration	369 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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)	78% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 378 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 2125) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.58% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.15 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.07 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.61 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.58% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1689 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 496 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 24 (AD) Unknown 100 100 50069548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2235178	40% Below average	Read 394 Write 142 Mixed 190 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 28.3 4K Mixed 4.5 50% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 4.76 12% 25.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 841GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119012760 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2254960 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 639107108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12406 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 60129542180 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135029476819334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 433685896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5704751326	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 165 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 3.32 Mixed 5.6 9% 8.93 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 18% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGG45F-D8KQB 1x8GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.5 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 34%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	344x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	150x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	88x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	39x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	34x
Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 5,391 samples	25x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $248

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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