Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100428
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 03:54
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 270-$20 6,369 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 50 2-Core 96 48% 74 Pts	4-Core 93.5 8-Core 96.4 13% 94.9 Pts	64-Core 99.3 6% 99.3 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 183 181 173 180 187 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.8% Average	Read 225 Write 165 Mixed 150 SusWrite 179 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 20.5 78% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 39.6 39% 58.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 106%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 66GB free Firmware: 06.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 54 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 56 Write 53.6 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 55.3 37% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 33%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	6.23% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 3.3 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 10.9 12% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 44%

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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-M61PME-S2P Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2P

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	10x
Athlon X2 240AMDBench 41%, 291 samples	7x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples	13x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	6x

SSD
12 8GB SSD3Bench 56%, 10 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x
SU 630 480GBAdataBench 64%, 98 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	37x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	6x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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