Gigabyte GA-H61MS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61MS (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '23 at 07:03
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470S 14,631 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470S CPU @ 2.90GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 58.6 1-Core 24.6 2-Core 44.3 30% 42.5 Pts	4-Core 44.1 8-Core 61.1 7% 52.6 Pts	64-Core 26.5 2% 26.5 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 36.8 34% 40.8 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 34.4 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 643GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 39 29 23 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 72.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 24.9 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8C-PB 1x8GB 1,096 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 6.5 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 0.8 SC Write 2.1 SC Mixed 4.3 7% 2.4 GB/s	Latency 132 30% 132 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 34%

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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-H61MS Builds (Compare 871 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61MS

CPU
Core i3-3220Intel $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples	149x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	80x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	75x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	245x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	116x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	103x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	50x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	33x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	43x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	36x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $108

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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