MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25% 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	19.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 below expectations (22^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 49.3 2-Core 113 46% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 213 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 30.3 Parallax 25.8 25% 29.1 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 27.9 Splatting 28.3 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1653 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77922392 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 485 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4349240	19.9% Very poor	Read 354 Write 70 Mixed 145 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 1.66 4% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 665GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 243042240 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2275 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 128 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3444564099221 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1646 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 59 572522530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 15 243042240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11407433132713 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4235498123 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1209564289	38.6% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 74.4 Mixed 30.9 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.08 22% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $179	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