MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.2% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 67.6 1-Core 24.7 2-Core 60.9 35% 51.1 Pts	4-Core 98.2 8-Core 230 19% 164 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 7%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7817) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (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 100 100 804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 117 (A3) Unknown 100 100 35 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28815 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (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 69 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 122024 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112477 (F5) Unknown 100 100 57630	47.2% Average	Read 464 Write 187 Mixed 236 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 11.3 49% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 80.1 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 20.1 25% 46 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 87%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 260GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 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 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 155 154 3216 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14174 (C2) HDA temperature 114 81 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-023.A00LF 99U5474-026.A00LF 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 50%

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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-E33 (MS-7817) - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	402x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	301x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	177x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	343x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	191x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	159x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	67x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $336

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 $45	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