MSI H61M-P31/W8 (MS-7788)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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/W8 (MS-7788) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130929
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 95 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 375 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 32.5 29% 31.5 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 33 Splatting 32.5 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 195GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 568 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 504 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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 12	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 33.2 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.41 114% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 2864 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 594 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4344756508 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 103079215137 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 37 2864 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124244813939992 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71595821 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1030577730	70.8% Very good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.61 119% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 88%
Seagate ST98823AS 80GB-$121 641 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 6GB free Firmware: 3.06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 17186924603 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 96 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 8 8 92 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538640416 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 627 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6366 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 55 46978075 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 182 26 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	12.8% Very poor	Read 22.1 Write 22.5 Mixed 21.1 16% 21.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.29 67% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 88F2 V-GeN D3K2GL1600K 10GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $30Bench 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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $151

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 $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