MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.3% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 21:43
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 428 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.2 Reflection 24.8 Parallax 32.2 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 25.7 24% 30 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: V44OA9BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 196612 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 21494300952 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 874 (C2) HDA temperature 119 119 223339151406 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 46.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 24.9 29% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.07 11% 0.06 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RM25664BA1339.16SF 2x2GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

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	347x
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	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369