Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.2% 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)
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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	76.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.8 2-Core 174 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 352 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 43.1 27% 35.3 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 34.8 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 219 Write 171 Mixed 183 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 16.5 78% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 18.1 24% 42.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 145 147 147 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 124 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 145 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%
Samsung HA500LJ 500GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 22GB free Firmware: CW900-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 66 73 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 64.5 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 72.2 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10242397 2x4GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%

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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 $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