MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	May 03 '17 at 01:18
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770T-$380 629 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 192 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 481 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2340) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.77% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.08 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.53 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.1 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.77% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0730A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 1159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1146 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 128 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (94) Unknown 100 100 454532 (95) Unknown 100 100 2669 (96) Unknown 100 100 2531 (97) Unknown 100 100 2658 (A4) Unknown 100 100 92847 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 48 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 0 0 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0	49.3% Average	Read 252 Write 130 Mixed 142 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 20 83% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 49.3 60% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 678GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 135 (03) Spinup time 169 165 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12734 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5476 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 908 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108366 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 113 219162 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 28	48.3% Average	Read 84.1 Write 84.5 Mixed 66.4 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.2 57% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 2x4GB 1,911 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

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

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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	900x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	435x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	389x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	370x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	297x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	281x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	155x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	103x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16