MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.2% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 02:54
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 177 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 296 40% 295 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB CLim: 1572 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 49.8 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 44.6 41% 46.7 fps	MRender 32.8 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37 31% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 100 4167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1146 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8386 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8438 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8383 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 223338299435 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 280 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 753010 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12022 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6938	65.5% Good	Read 462 Write 209 Mixed 262 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 3.97 99% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 17 55% 117 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 20GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 166 2575 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5671 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 35 (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	59.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 93 Mixed 135 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 124% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 13GB free Firmware: V5DOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 107 107 30087643485 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1288 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1736 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159085605 (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 200 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 51.5 Mixed 49.6 39% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $38Bench 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 $178	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