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

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.4% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20120714
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '22 at 10:25
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 188 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 365 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.4 Reflection 20.5 Parallax 13.9 12% 16.3 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 14.3 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 203 193 192 193 156 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.4% Average	Read 190 Write 204 Mixed 188 SusWrite 188 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 23.9 87% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 34.3 32% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 95%
Intenso External USB 3.0 500GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 137GB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 74 74 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 99.5 Write 100 Mixed 50 SusWrite 74.7 107% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 84%

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

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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	92x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	74x
Core i3-3220Intel $60Bench 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	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 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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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16