Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.94% 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 Drive41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-P61-S3  (all builds)
Memory6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140304
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 30 '22 at 11:08
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 91.5
1-Core 101
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 376
51% 379 Pts
64-Core 384
24% 384 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4850
Sapphire(174B 3000) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
7.94% Terrible
Lighting 10.8
Reflection 10.9
Parallax 8
9% 9.9 fps
MRender 7.4
Gravity 7.7
Splatting 7.8
6% 7.63 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 7.94%
Great: 10%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-c100 240G 240GB
172GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN08735
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 52 52 16 14 50 MB/s
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
41.3% Average
Read 205
Write 202
Mixed 194
SusWrite 59.4
37% 165 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 25.2
90% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 27
DQ Write 40.2
DQ Mixed 28.6
23% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 41.3%
Great: 102%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-038.A00LF 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
30.2% Below average
MC Read 9.7
MC Write 9.6
MC Mixed 8.6
27% 9.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 9.3
27% 9.6 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 30.2%
Great: 30%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-P61-S3 Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $118
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