Asus P8H61-I LX

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.9% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P8H61-I LX (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 84.3 2-Core 174 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 349 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.19 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.22 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 5.7 16 72 52 26 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47.9% Average	Read 254 Write 168 Mixed 196 SusWrite 60.7 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 19.9 87% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 125 108% 158 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 85%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 140 132 135 125 114 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52% Above average	Read 250 Write 152 Mixed 155 SusWrite 132 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 23.5 85% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 111 100% 153 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 81%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 69.3 Write 71 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 71.5 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 64%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 166GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 133 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 117 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 133 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

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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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Typical P8H61-I LX Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I LX

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	6x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	2x
Core i5-3450Intel $59Bench 66%, 34,199 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	2x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	2x

SSD
LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GBLiteonitBench 83%, 11,477 samples	3x
KingFast 120GBBench 57%, 1,476 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	1x

RAM
RM51264BA1339.16FD 830B NT4GC64B8HG0NF-CG 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 3 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x
99U5584-003.A00LF 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 1,888 samples	1x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $497

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