Gigabyte GA-H61MS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.5% 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 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H61MS  (all builds)
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160923
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 19 '22 at 20:45
Run Duration174 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (59th 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)
76.2% Very good
Memory 92.3
1-Core 92.7
2-Core 182
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 330
46% 342 Pts
64-Core 353
22% 353 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030
Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.47
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
14.5% Very poor
Lighting 18
Reflection 18.3
Parallax 18.7
15% 18.3 fps
MRender 16
Gravity 19.2
Splatting 16.9
14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 14.5%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB
330GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 26 25 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
14.3% Very poor
Read 23.8
Write 23.5
Mixed 22
SusWrite 25.1
18% 23.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14.3%
Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
460GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 77 76 114 114 31 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 114
Write 120
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 79.2
69% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
33.3% Below average
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.5
30% 10.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 33.3%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H61MS Builds (Compare 872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61MS

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $108
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