MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 21:14
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (99^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 366 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3108) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 14.7 Parallax 19.5 17% 18.4 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 19.7 14% 16 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 SMI 512GB-$80 1,273 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 104 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13475 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2741 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38425 (F5) Unknown 100 100 107800	92.4% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 299 Mixed 373 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 34.2 137% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 67.4 108% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4494 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4320 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4172 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 115 Write 102 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer U 16GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 9.15 Mixed 8.35 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.34 49% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-444.A00LF 2x4GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 64%

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Desktop 60%

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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