MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	14.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 127 53% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 180 21% 165 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 1346) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 18.6 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 16.8 15% 14.6 fps	MRender 21.8 Gravity 19 Splatting 9.96 13% 16.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (40^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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7984 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1181 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 70 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3997786 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7387	53.9% Above average	Read 267 Write 252 Mixed 193 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 12.4 69% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 37.9 65% 126 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 83%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 982GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 124 124 51575718499 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1188 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1483 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1483 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 240519020577 (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 200 200 0	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 98 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 87% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 68%

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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	338x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	149x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	87x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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	24x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $246

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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