MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	65% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 09:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 327 45% 335 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 219 76 49 109 27 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 348 Write 194 Mixed 217 SusWrite 109 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 30 114% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 122 117% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 61GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 67 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 92.3 Write 87.2 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 64.6 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 192GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 42 41 41 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 40.5 28% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1 221% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 65%
Kingmax Flash Disk 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 7.6 7.5 7.7 7.4 7.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	3.73% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 7.2 8% 7.05 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-036.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	900x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	435x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	389x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	370x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	297x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	281x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $45Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	155x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	103x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16