Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.48% 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 Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H61M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130225
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '24 at 11:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3470-$59 223,595 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 102 1-Core 10.6 2-Core 16.9 38% 43.1 Pts	4-Core 10.8 8-Core 15.5 2% 13.1 Pts	64-Core 29.2 2% 29.2 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8373) 512MB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 512MB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.3 7% 9.73 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 9.9 Splatting 8.7 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hw551-pro 120GB 120GB 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQ61C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 150 140 35 28 27 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	Read 195 Write 112 Mixed 109 SusWrite 88 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 21.7 4K Mixed 11.3 52% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.9 DQ Write 28.4 DQ Mixed 21.6 16% 21.6 MB/s

WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$39 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 112GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 79 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 85.2 Write 82.7 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 80 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4M1 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 4.9 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 3.9 14% 4.83 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 7 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	18.5"	1280 720	ACR0325 G196HQL

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 58%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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	213x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	454x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	219x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	146x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	211x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16