MSI G31TM-P31 (MS-7529)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	11% 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	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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MICRO-STAR MS-7529
Motherboard	MSI G31TM-P31 (MS-7529) (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 01:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium E5300-$59 18,604 User benchmarks, average bench 36% CPU1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Memory 51.7 1-Core 27.7 2-Core 38.8 28% 39.4 Pts	4-Core 48.3 8-Core 66.6 7% 57.4 Pts	64-Core 62.1 4% 62.1 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 SE 1,809 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 736 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 11.4 11% 12.5 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 14.5 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 185GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 2680 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 17818811949 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1364 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 605945892 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 94489280548 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 27 2680 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 66550518270999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2011931984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 464949652	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 98.5 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.44 86% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 88%
Wd2502abys-23b7a0 39M4511 42C0463IBM 250GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03B07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 185 1008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 758 (C2) HDA temperature 103 90 40 (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 0	36.3% Below average	Read 71.1 Write 55.6 Mixed 62.6 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.07 16% 0.14 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4GB 42,830 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 0, 0 MHz 2048, 2048 MB Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.13% Terrible	MC Read 3.1 MC Write 2.1 MC Mixed 2.7 8% 2.63 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 1.9 SC Mixed 3 8% 2.63 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.13% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI G31TM-P31 (MS-7529)

CPU
Pentium E5400Intel $75Bench 36%, 14,795 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	2x
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	1x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	1x

SSD
AGI120G06AI138 120GBBench 59%, 155 samples	1x
128G 128GBWalramBench 68%, 327 samples	1x
TITAN128XP 128GBBench 73%, 40 samples	1x

RAM
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	4x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	1x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	1x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $75

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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