Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 4.0

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 4.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$194 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 161 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 350 43% 329 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420 9,903 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 368C) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	1.24% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.24 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.24% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 202 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 788 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1117 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1616	42.1% Average	Read 232 Write 180 Mixed 168 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 36.8 4K Mixed 13.1 67% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 14.8 20% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 126 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35940 (A5) Unknown 100 100 50 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 434 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 497 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133012 (F2) Unknown 100 100 201617 (F5) Unknown 100 100 220434	36.6% Below average	Read 226 Write 204 Mixed 209 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 1.89 47% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 1.83 16% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229977922 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4096 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 101 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 219226018 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3811 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34360262684 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 686 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 639369252 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 26 229977922 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 30 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -15165529506485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2350479704 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1671874792	46.5% Average	Read 81.6 Write 80.5 Mixed 60.4 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.24 54% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1333 Kingston 9965525-116.A00LF 12GB 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 10.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns

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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 $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