MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120417
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 16:00
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-2100-$49 63,701 User benchmarks, average bench 51% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 128 56% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 160 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 8.92 Parallax 11.8 6% 9.29 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 13.2 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41 8,190 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 115GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 1 1 60326 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 84 4702 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5101 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8234 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 50 214748626982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 37 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2439 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5364	40.5% Average	Read 70.8 Write 70.2 Mixed 42.7 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 58%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3040 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3781 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 1 588447777 (C2) HDA temperature 63 57 622002213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 91612894 (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 100 100 108 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 1162 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	35% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 60.9 Mixed 31.5 38% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.03 6% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 07B8 2TB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 269GB free, PID 07b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 32.8 Mixed 31.2 43% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.05 14% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF Transcend JM1333KLN-4G 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) - $200

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	91x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	73x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	40x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	66x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	40x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	37x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	13x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	12x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples	7x
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	7x

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16