Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.7% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P61-S3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140304
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '16 at 13:39
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3250 4,164 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-3250 CPU @ 3.50GHz, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 89 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 102 59% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 192 20% 163 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3692) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 33.4 36% 38.6 fps	MRender 34.8 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.2 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10336865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 118635586654816 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 51 73017786404 (C2) HDA temperature 36 51 73017786404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10336865 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10336865 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10336865 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7764 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5096 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5096 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7090	41.3% Average	Read 200 Write 161 Mixed 190 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 11.1 72% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 12.1 22% 41 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 275GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 168 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4529 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 448 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 285303991 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3719 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 57 46 823525419 (C2) HDA temperature 43 54 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 28 168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -98685463545760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3077820030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2926145224	62.1% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.47 100% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown FLFF65F-C8KL9 8325 FLFF65F-C8KM9 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P61-S3

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	14x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	9x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	5x

SSD
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	6x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	3x
99P5471-011.A00LF 070E U3A4G83-13G9BE3B00 8GBKingstonBench 51%, 3 samples	3x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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