Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '21 at 01:34
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 481 48% 394 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 153C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 212 Parallax 144 142% 177 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 139 Splatting 118 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE5100RL 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 226 Write 186 Mixed 116 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 17.8 57% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 21.2 16% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 164GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 45 46 61 73 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 51 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	32"	1280 720	SNYDC02 SONY TV

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 - $200

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	251x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	223x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	212x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	452x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	219x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	145x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	211x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	89x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	66x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	49x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	48x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	48x

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Total price: $287

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