MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 403 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.7 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 61.1 51% 63.9 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 53.3 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 476 Mixed 388 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.5 206% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 317 241% 324 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 200GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 103 140 145 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 141 Write 142 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 132 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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-E34 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 1,205 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	343x
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 $273	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 $177	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) $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