MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.8% 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	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 09:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$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)	75.9% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 192 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 351 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 26.1 25% 30.6 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 22.8 24% 30.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 233 88 16 26 31 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 166 Write 97.7 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 97.8 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 9.7 42% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 13.9 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 102%
WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 19,163 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 141 140 140 141 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 140 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 11.8 4K Mixed 1 27% 8.47 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 1.6 3% 4.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 124 124 123 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 117 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 123 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 114%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 250GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 216GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 29 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 35 Write 27.7 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 28.3 41% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 11.7 984% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 1,098% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-009.A00LF 9905584-031.A00LF 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 59%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	346x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
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	87x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	85x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $245

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16