MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% 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	30.6% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 08:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 348 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1373) 1GB CLim: 763 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 15.5 12% 17.4 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 16.6 Splatting 15.2 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 92 127 118 139 143 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.6% Below average	Read 208 Write 184 Mixed 102 SusWrite 131 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 12.4 45% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 2 DQ Mixed 10.5 8% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 55%
Hitachi HCS5C1025CLA382 250GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: JC1OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 115 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 115 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 134 135 134 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 134 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GB 7,217 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	70	0"	1280 720	Default

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Typical H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788) Builds (Compare 842 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	56x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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