MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 62.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 20:42
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 174 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 41 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 139GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 214 233 232 227 230 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	70.8% Very good	Read 238 Write 222 Mixed 212 SusWrite 222 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 38.6 126% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 69.8 84% 145 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 930GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 136 147 158 139 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 178 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 142 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 64%

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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%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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