Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2V-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.05% 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	39.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2V-B3 (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 23:54
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 362 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% XFX(1682 2601) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 4.1 9% 9.43 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 4.6 6% 7.43 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 480GB-$89 17,796 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0424A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 204 14 9 156 57 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.2% Below average	Read 223 Write 160 Mixed 173 SusWrite 109 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 11.1 73% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 12.8 22% 41 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 99%
Seagate ST2000VX003-1HH164 2TB 3,366 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: DA11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 168 165 172 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 147 Mixed 66 SusWrite 170 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 97%

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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-S2V-B3 Builds (Compare 343 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2V-B3

CPU
Core i3-2100Intel $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples	57x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	35x
Core i3-2120Intel $170Bench 51%, 77,810 samples	26x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	69x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	24x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	11x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	9x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	138x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	67x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	33x

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Total price: $77

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 $45	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