MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 06:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 (94^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 330 38% 297 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 39 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.4 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM21.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 224 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 71 71 282 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 234	62.9% Good	Read 503 Write 210 Mixed 291 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 3.61 84% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 5.42 48% 110 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 577GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 154620264481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 150 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 272GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 14750384 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4641248299 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 504627227 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46329 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 64424509467 (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 129360120005620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70962136453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3068609774763	70.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 95 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 112%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 123GB free Firmware: GJ002J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1153 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5127 (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 50 50 20010 (0A) Spinup retry count 202 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4112 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1355 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 136842 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043790876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 139 (DE) Loaded hours 66 66 13772 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 300 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	35.7% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 57.6 Mixed 62.2 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 48%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 64%

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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%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	894x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	430x
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	293x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	280x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	153x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	102x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	89x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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