MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7817
MotherboardMSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)  (all builds)
Memory4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 25 '16 at 14:36
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 231
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 595
61% 491 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 145
Parallax 134
116% 140 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 127
Splatting 111
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 132
Write 110
Mixed 100
85% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.24
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.21
59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
33.4% Below average
MC Read 10.9
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.4
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 10.9
SC Mixed 10.3
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 60.3
66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 33.4%
Great: 35%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H81M-E33 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,837 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $336
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