MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% 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	83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '16 at 11:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 438 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 65.2 40% 49.1 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 48.4 Splatting 41 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1210 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41792592 (AE) Unknown 100 100 89 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 97 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3160 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4946 (F9) Unknown 100 100 168005640	83.7% Excellent	Read 453 Write 376 Mixed 406 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.8 109% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 14.6 79% 177 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 194GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193315368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30569548 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1060 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 421003288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12840 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 17179869208 (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 124584116356269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12112345301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 269952543724	75.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 125 Mixed 121 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160B.C16F 2x4GB 3,229 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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 23%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	907x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	438x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	393x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	376x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	297x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	282x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	195x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	155x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	103x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	120x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	91x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	64x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $354

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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