MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.7% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140722
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 06:13
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 316 42% 316 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PNY(196E 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 38 35% 41.2 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free Firmware: 525A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 93955083 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 30073361028792 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 419 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 79 1009322491940 (C2) HDA temperature 36 79 1009322491940 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 93955083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 93955083 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 93955083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 68 68 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12797 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11622 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11622 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15091	50.9% Above average	Read 264 Write 74.8 Mixed 113 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 20.3 108% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 30.8 39% 70 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 2280 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 380406816 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 27136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1408 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 53 773324840 (C2) HDA temperature 40 47 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 2280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -71000104343020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4208849877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1593318241	64.4% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 96 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.63 110% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 39GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 25.3 Mixed 24.9 34% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 58%

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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-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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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