Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.33% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 06:27
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 V2-$266 8,235 User benchmarks, average bench 70% Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 135 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 408 40% 330 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 1543) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 9.69 Parallax 3.78 8% 7.77 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 6.48 6% 7.45 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 744GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 101 Write 97.3 Mixed 53 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 325GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 105 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston 9905471-017.A00LF 8GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	249x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	221x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	175x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	310x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	291x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	100x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	110x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	73x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	63x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $156

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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