MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 15:43
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 639 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.1% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.4 39% 49 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 48 Splatting 51 45% 55.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free Firmware: N111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 197 199 198 196 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 196 Mixed 244 SusWrite 195 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46 171% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 180 152% 222 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 116 78 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 147 Write 135 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 93.7 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 204% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 109%
Disk drive 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 25GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 25 27 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.4% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 25 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 26 32% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 22% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 97%

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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%

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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	346x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	154x
Core i3-4170Intel $20Bench 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	87x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16