MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemMSI MS-7817
MotherboardMSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20141225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 25 '20 at 11:14
Run Duration174 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 92.5
1-Core 101
2-Core 202
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 409
52% 395 Pts
64-Core 398
25% 398 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Lighting 97.2
Reflection 93
Parallax 79.2
79% 89.8 fps
MRender 65.5
Gravity 83.1
Splatting 72.7
60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 53 55 60 61 56 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
32.9% Below average
Read 60.7
Write 52
Mixed 26.7
SusWrite 54.2
35% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 32.9%
Great: 109%
Seagate ST980811AS 80GB-$100
74GB free
Firmware: 3.ALC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
24.5% Poor
Read 42.5
Write 41.2
Mixed 30.2
SusWrite 42.6
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 24.5%
Great: 24%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M378B1G73EB0-CK0 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
60.3% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 18
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 18.6
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H81M-P33 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 5,023 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $354
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HDDRAMUSB
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