Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 14:16
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3250 4,164 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3250 CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 64.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 140 59% 100 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 241 32% 239 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0F00) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 5.46 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.5 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 4.57 Splatting 3.43 3% 4.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16091 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 13080 (B1) Unknown 79 79 745 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5252 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7607 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41181642476	44.1% Average	Read 248 Write 140 Mixed 194 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 13.4 70% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 51.8 DQ Mixed 43.1 50% 90 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 194GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1064 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8632005945 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7083 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 9178447905 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 -140737488355295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 31 1064 (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 53906134538502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 253805545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2571690950	57.1% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 106 Mixed 81 70% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.64 114% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS542512K9SA00 120GB-$25 1,782 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 100GB free Firmware: BB2OC31P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 1310720 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 24032 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 11781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 23139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 241152 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 274878365730 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 20 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.2% Poor	Read 48.3 Write 50 Mixed 45.6 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 49%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 - $200

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	251x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	224x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	212x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	452x
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 $30Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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