MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 12:27
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

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 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)	79% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 382 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 030C) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 13 Parallax 11.1 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 18.8 12% 13.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1604 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1919 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 68725637121 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 96 25 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 32 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	55.3% Above average	Read 399 Write 263 Mixed 313 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 12.9 73% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 12.6 18% 32.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 59GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117942992 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18955855 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11999 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2011 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 471072794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 117942992 (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 -10801842731754 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3668469363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3266804539	43.1% Average	Read 88.3 Write 61.9 Mixed 75.4 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.42 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 49GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179123825 (03) Spinup time 95 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 142457099413 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2938 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 27 179123825 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 88.4 Write 83.9 Mixed 79.8 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 61%
WDC WD16 00BEVS-22RST0 160GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 53GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 27.6 Mixed 10.9 28% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.28 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 79GB free, PID 0951 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 27.8 Mixed 30.4 39% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.38 53% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

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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	345x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	153x
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	86x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16