MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '17 at 12:29
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 169 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 262 34% 256 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DE) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 32.2 22% 30.5 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 25.1 Splatting 35 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 100 100 1134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (64) Unknown 100 100 1339968 (65) Unknown 100 100 332800 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 211 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 197570002976 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2375 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1468 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1910 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3286 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	45.9% Average	Read 252 Write 140 Mixed 51.1 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 10.4 78% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 25 42% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 373GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 2600 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 219860035 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521535517 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 45 2600 (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 115306987002161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2657336060 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3198640051	61.7% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 57.4 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.76 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 25.9 Mixed 23.3 34% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.5 54% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.1% 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-E33 (MS-7817) - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	401x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	299x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	177x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	343x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	190x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	159x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	77x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	67x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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