MSI H61M-P20 (G3) (MS-7788)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P20 (G3) (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130110
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 14:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 164 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 282 36% 271 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1090 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 60.5 39% 52.7 fps	MRender 45.9 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 35.3 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 149 138 152 172 146 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	24.7% Poor	Read 143 Write 88.8 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 152 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 7.4 28% 9.57 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 28.9 21% 26 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 204GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 102 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 69%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 16GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 4GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 6.8 6 6.1 6.6 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 14.3 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 7.2 21% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 41% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 29%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 67%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: MSI H61M-P20 (G3) (MS-7788) - $250

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	177x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	111x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	106x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	207x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	96x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	64x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	61x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	22x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	39x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	24x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $337

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