Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.3% 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.
Boot Drive	59.8% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P61-S3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140304
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 09:12
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3570 104,858 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 374 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Zotac(19DA 1294) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.3% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 12.8 8% 11.3 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.3% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 211 213 213 213 214 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.8% Above average	Read 223 Write 214 Mixed 199 SusWrite 212 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 34.1 112% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 51.9 43% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 129%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 106 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 70 SusWrite 105 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GB 6,864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

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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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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	14x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	9x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	5x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	6x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	3x
99P5471-011.A00LF 070E U3A4G83-13G9BE3B00 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 3 samples	3x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $118

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 $40	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