Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	25.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2H (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 20:11
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 193 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 368 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 254B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 4 4% 4.78 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 3.43 Splatting 5.61 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 51 61 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 137 Write 87.8 Mixed 102 SusWrite 56 21% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 14 52% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 12.2 9% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 73%
Kingston SUV500240G 240GB 13,649 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: 003056RI SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 147 108 120 116 120 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.7% Above average	Read 247 Write 235 Mixed 215 SusWrite 139 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 50.9 DQ Mixed 31.4 26% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 89%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 137 137 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 136 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGF65F-D8MMB 2x4GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 57%

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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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Typical GA-H61M-DS2H Builds (Compare 268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2H

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	42x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	30x
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	22x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	24x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	16x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	8x
KRE-D3U1600M/8G 2x8GBUnknownBench 53%, 1,548 samples	6x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $87

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