MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131129
Uptime	28.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 14:39
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	38%

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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 i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 65.2 2-Core 131 60% 96.2 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 242 29% 225 Pts	64-Core 242 15% 242 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 120% 144 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 143 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 26 20 14 41 39 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.7% Below average	Read 194 Write 97.8 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 43.6 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 21.4 76% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 65.6 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 115 78% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 328GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 181 183 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 142 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 182 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Samsung HD080HJ/P 80GB-$25 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 48GB free Firmware: ZH100-51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 53 51 52 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 57.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 52.8 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 33%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 5.9 4.5 6.9 9.5 9.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 7.3 10% 9.95 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GB 6,893 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	401x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	299x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	177x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	343x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	159x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	67x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $336

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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