Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 3.0

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 3.0 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121012
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '19 at 18:27
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570K-$136 185,516 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 360 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 99 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 81% 103 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 95.3 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 101 84 113 119 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 169 Write 178 Mixed 168 SusWrite 106 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 26.9 83% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 90.4 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 31GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 141 143 134 146 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 232 Write 200 Mixed 182 SusWrite 145 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 25.3 91% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 144 113% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 208GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 178 177 177 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	44% Average	Read 240 Write 182 Mixed 183 SusWrite 177 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 18.8 64% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.1 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 102 73% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2TB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 564GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 159 161 157 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 136 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 158 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 17.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 72%

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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 $28Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16