For games not suitable, otherwise good!

The CPU is designed for Office applications (keyword save electricity) in the low-end server range, and suitable in HTPC area.

To play it is only conditionally suitable, a graphics card like the GTX 570 rotates in such a system thumbs.
As part of at least one pure oberklassiger Core i3, i5 rather a.

I've tried the Testhalber times, comparatively the Celeron G1610 to a Sandy Bridge i7 2700K combined with 8GB of RAM and an Asus Z68 Board.
Memory and Board have remained the same.

The average frame rate at Black OPS2 has slumped from 90 to 32 FPS, partly there were strong lags.

Conclusion:

The CPU is top for the price, in the field office, HTPC and low-end server applications.
To play with current titles is only conditionally suitable.