MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.3% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 20:56
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 383 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 90 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ZTSSD-S11-120G-P 120GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 80 80 203 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 147	86.3% Excellent	Read 492 Write 418 Mixed 460 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 8.48 99% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 15.2 92% 210 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 889GB free Firmware: SN12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 65 65 3316041 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 84 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 5697 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (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 72 71 487587868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 31 3316041 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.7% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 102 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.52 127% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 55%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	895x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	431x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	389x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	368x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	294x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	280x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	153x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	102x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	63x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $354

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 $15	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