MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '19 at 14:29
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 486 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.6 81% 102 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 98.2 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 141 100 98 98 95 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 467 Write 442 Mixed 353 SusWrite 130 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61.3 202% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 84%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 43GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 67.5 Write 68.3 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 75.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 1x8GB 12,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%

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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	896x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	432x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	389x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	368x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	294x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	281x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	153x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	103x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	63x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $354

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 $184	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