Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.83% 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 Drive	58.3% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 14:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 197 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 378 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 3657) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Lighting 9.03 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 9.59 7% 9.06 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 11.5 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 205 218 213 211 203 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.3% Above average	Read 223 Write 214 Mixed 197 SusWrite 203 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 33.6 109% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 48.6 41% 58 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 125 131 131 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 125 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 164% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 69%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 128GB-$80 665 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 68GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 27 28 28 28 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 25.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 24.4 35% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 81% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 2x4GB 1,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 2%

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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	223x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	211x

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 $32Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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