Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 31.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	41.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 15:41
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3220 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Memory 39.5 1-Core 41.8 2-Core 76.1 31% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 160 18% 144 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000LM014-1EJ164 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 106 100 92 109 114 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.4% Average	Read 236 Write 69 Mixed 139 SusWrite 110 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 14.8 60% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 129 105% 150 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 52%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 82GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 69.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 48.9 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X4GB1333C9 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 10.3 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 204 20% 204 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 - $200

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	251x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	225x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	212x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	453x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	219x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	145x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	211x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	89x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	66x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	49x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	48x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	48x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16