Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	162% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140303
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '23 at 20:13
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 464 46% 378 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Lighting 239 Reflection 224 Parallax 215 195% 226 fps	MRender 224 Gravity 166 Splatting 148 143% 179 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 76 78 91 95 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 77.5 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 32GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 54 53 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 223 Write 87.6 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 56.5 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.3 257% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free Firmware: JF100-19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 47 46 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 45.9 Write 51 Mixed 33 SusWrite 45.9 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 42%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 32GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 57 55 52 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 90.5 Write 110 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 55.9 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 211% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KRE-D3U1600M/8G 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 61%

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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	225x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	212x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	453x
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 $30Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16