MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 19:58
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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, 3 cores, 5 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 205 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 388 46% 357 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.1 82% 102 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 81 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 109 103 112 100 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 366 Write 207 Mixed 235 SusWrite 106 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 47.6 165% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 164 137% 199 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 119 122 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 178 Write 155 Mixed 129 SusWrite 121 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	339x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	150x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	87x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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	24x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $246

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