Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140225
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 00:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 394 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83BC) 1GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 9.88 10% 11.9 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 16.1 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 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 181 Write 82.2 Mixed 71.8 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 9.4 38% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 9.5 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 11.5 9% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 134GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,642 Write 32.5 Mixed 57 1,129% 1,577 MB/s	4K Read 583 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 24,430% 195 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

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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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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	199x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	151x
Core i3-3220Intel $73Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	140x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	90x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	69x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	53x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	19x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16