Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '21 at 18:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (99^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 191 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 366 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 108 Parallax 111 96% 112 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 103 Splatting 93.8 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 46 37 50 42 9.7 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25% Poor	Read 162 Write 101 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 51.8 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 10.5 49% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 13.5 11% 15.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 85%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 222GB free Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 3.1 1.4 2.2 1.4 1.7 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	29.1% Poor	Read 212 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 1.8 12% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 17.9 63% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 21.2 DQ Mixed 21.1 16% 21.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 55%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 200GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 80 80 81 80 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 57 Write 50.4 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 79.5 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 50%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 295GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 80.7 Write 77.3 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 39.3 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%

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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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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