MSI H310M GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B28)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	50.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B28
Motherboard	MSI H310M GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B28) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '24 at 00:24
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400-$160 22,187 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 621 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 18.2 14% 17.8 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 16.6 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 60 53 50 43 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 470 Write 124 Mixed 159 SusWrite 54.4 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 14.6 81% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 19.7 36% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 86%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 182 184 183 184 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 182 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 184 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GD2.1527WC.002 1x8GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.5% 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: 0P 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	71	60	60	23.8"	1280 720	LHCFFFF ATLAS VH238F

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Typical H310M GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B28) Builds (Compare 218 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI H310M GAMING ARCTIC (MS-7B28)

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	54x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	50x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 45%, 85,321 samples	10x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	11x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	7x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $270

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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