MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 20.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	6.5% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Memory 9.78 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 146 38% 79.1 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 164 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	6.5% Terrible	Lighting 9.07 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 3.25 7% 7.16 fps	MRender 4.71 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 6.09 5% 5.76 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.5% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 41 43 59 52 53 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 55 Mixed 40 SusWrite 46.6 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 42%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 443GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 70 76 74 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 79.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 73.2 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 1x4GB 943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 406 10% 406 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 33%

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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 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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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	56x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	37x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $151

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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