MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 15:50
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$197 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 86 2-Core 180 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 430 45% 361 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 255 21 User benchmarks, average bench 10% HP(103C 7925) 2GB CLim: 930 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 16.5 10% 14.8 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17.4 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP74 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 16 14 20 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 23.5 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 18.6 16% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 411GB free Firmware: 16.01H16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 116 117 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 116 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 67%

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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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Typical H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) Builds (Compare 841 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

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	94x
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 $29Bench 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 $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