Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 16% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 35.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080715
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '15 at 21:41
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 4,133 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 29.1 2-Core 44.3 33% 45.9 Pts	4-Core 42.8 8-Core 56.9 6% 49.8 Pts	64-Core 49.5 3% 49.5 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Driver: nvd3dum.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.81% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 0.75 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.62 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.81% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS543225L9A 250GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 211GB free Firmware: FBEO Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 56.1 Mixed 54.6 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.36 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3802110A 80GB-$70 737 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 88 167965752 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 769907303 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10914 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 638910501 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 45 15853644 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.9% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 62.1 Mixed 21.9 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 66% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 38%
USB Flash Memory 8GB 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 2.96 Mixed 6.09 9% 9.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.007 18% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	MC Read 3.3 MC Write 3.8 MC Mixed 3.8 10% 3.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 4.4 11% 3.9 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 20%

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Gaming 1%

Tree trunk

Desktop 26%

Raft

Workstation 1%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2

CPU
Athlon LE-1600AMDBench 36%, 89 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5000+AMDBench 36%, 5,372 samples	1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430NvidiaBench 0%, 4,836 samples	3x
GeForce 6100NvidiaBench 0%, 335 samples	2x
GeForce GT 440NvidiaBench 4%, 14,286 samples	1x

SSD
CyberX 128GBBench 67%, 50 samples	2x

RAM
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	3x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	1x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16