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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	51.4% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7788
Motherboard	MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130110
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470S 14,631 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 356 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 998 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1854 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 71619 (A5) Unknown 100 100 120 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 241 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 81418 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 288015 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259527 (F5) Unknown 100 100 572952	51.4% Above average	Read 268 Write 256 Mixed 263 59% 262 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 16 67% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 63.5 62% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 503GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 186 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 534 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2282 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	47.5% Average	Read 77.8 Write 87.9 Mixed 73.6 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502JI 500GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 466GB free Firmware: 1AA01111 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 84 84 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2257 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 61 (B8) Unknown 1 1 300 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 62 269090832 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 369754134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 70.4 Mixed 74.9 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 41%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 355GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 166 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4890 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 5158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70670 (C2) HDA temperature 120 89 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3061 (F1) Unknown 200 200 21098341921 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19630097912 (FE) Unknown 24 24 176	53% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 96 Mixed 89.6 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1GX64V160K 1x8GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) - $200

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	91x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	73x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 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	22x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	20x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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