Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140225
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	62 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 397 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 75%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 837GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10719648 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 188126951 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6798 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1618 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606076964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5486 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 98784247844 (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 -53807350277432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21940777593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1062641131150	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 175 Mixed 162 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 8GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%

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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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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	249x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	221x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	175x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	310x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	291x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	133x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	100x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	110x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	73x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	63x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $156

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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