Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 3.0

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 3.0 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 17:50
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500 82,538 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 352 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1601 MHz, MLim: 1976 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 48.4 42% 49.2 fps	MRender 42.8 Gravity 44.4 Splatting 40.3 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 698GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4797 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 540 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 54747 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 257698299929 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 96.7 Mixed 25.7 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 53%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 91 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25790972228 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1727 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1815 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1815 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 240518692893 (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 200 200 1	60.2% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 27.1 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA331 1TB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 21GB free Firmware: JP4OA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 129 129 25790447888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1259 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3345 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 231928758298 (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 200 200 0	54.8% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 96.5 Mixed 26 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.31 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 76%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3GB free Firmware: GA04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 153236829 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4155 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 658258881 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196612 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 648 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6844 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 34359738396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 6 153236829 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 0 (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 19159849113813 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10708752227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13177255213	62.1% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 36.5 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 3.0

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	108x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	75x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	70x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	136x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	39x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	37x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	16x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	15x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	14x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	14x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16