MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 15:02
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 606 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 67.2 62% 73.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 69.8 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 465GB free Firmware: 0020LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142888254 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6404 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 104620728 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -41205916232370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6255 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 355 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39250 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 48 142888254 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 123931281330086 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 74.5 Write 73.6 Mixed 69.7 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: GG2OAC90 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 208 208 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1193 (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 71 71 12708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 153569 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 163209478173 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	35.6% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 53.5 Mixed 49.6 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.04 21% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 56%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $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