MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	153% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 18:31
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 96.2 2-Core 174 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 370 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 208 Parallax 199 183% 211 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 159 Splatting 140 132% 165 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 394 Mixed 9.3 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.3 41% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 135 137 136 137 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 135 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x4GB 2,394 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 60%

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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%

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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	280x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	153x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	102x

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 $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 $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