MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 05:32
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 477 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34E6) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	2.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.37 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 2.12 3% 2.89 fps	MRender 2.76 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 2.74 3% 3.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.74% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7995 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 85 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245239 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 81 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4330	31.3% Below average	Read 239 Write 63.9 Mixed 96 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 6.35 48% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 52.8 DQ Mixed 21.5 36% 71 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 85 (03) Spinup time 135 100 21502886311 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7960 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 47792914432 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 522190880 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8054 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8054 (C2) HDA temperature 187 142 184684642336 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 146 Mixed 116 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.48 134% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2133-MR 2x4GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 76%

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Typical H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) Builds (Compare 840 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) - $64

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	107x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	93x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	55x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	117x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	55x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	37x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	23x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	12x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	16x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	11x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 55%, 9,947 samples	9x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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