Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 4.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	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 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 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 4.0 (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130830
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 10:57
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	72%

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 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 (14^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 124 52% 86.2 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 219 26% 199 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 3009) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.9 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 22.2 15% 18.6 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 18.7 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132112504 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4512474900 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 605487138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 292 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 55834574882 (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 19232863556941 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23464218637 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44415812327
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 94 160836731 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 928951532 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3230 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 585 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 47 132829743 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967292 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967292 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.6% Average	Read 72.4 Write 69.1 Mixed 41.6 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 40%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 888GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 4.0

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	68x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	59x
Pentium G2030Intel $24Bench 49%, 18,277 samples	53x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	102x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	38x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	31x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	16x
120GB 120GBSSDBench 59%, 4,995 samples	12x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	17x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	16x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	11x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

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) $30	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