Gigabyte GA-P61A-D3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-P61A-D3  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121015
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 24 '22 at 14:26
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3470-$59
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 88.3
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 187
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 356
48% 359 Pts
64-Core 368
23% 368 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450
Device(1B0A 9097) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
1.72% Terrible
Lighting 2.2
Reflection 2.9
Parallax 2
2% 2.37 fps
MRender 2
Gravity 1.9
Splatting 1.9
2% 1.93 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.72%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
896GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 72 148 169 172 176 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
95.2% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 178
Mixed 75.9
SusWrite 146
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 95.2%
Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
653GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 158 158 159 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
92.1% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 149
Mixed 89.6
SusWrite 159
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 92.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5474-026.A00LF 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
51.4% Above average
MC Read 18.5
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.8
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 16
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 51%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-P61A-D3 Builds (Compare 415 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P61A-D3

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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