MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 05:25
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 624 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.4% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 45.5 44% 51.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 53.8 Splatting 53.5 48% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 19GB free Firmware: N111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 199 201 197 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 198 Mixed 249 SusWrite 190 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 181 152% 222 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 70 42 27 22 7.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 103 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 37.2 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 109%
Disk drive 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 25GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 26 26 27 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.6% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 23.3 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 26.1 31% 24 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 22% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 97%

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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-E34 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	345x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	152x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 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	86x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $248

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16