Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	55.6% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140120
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 13:42
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$44 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 149 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 253 33% 250 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 5.38 Parallax 4.62 3% 4.48 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.91 5% 5.42 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 58.4 38% 45.4 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 38.3 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 107 97 93 95 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 316 Write 199 Mixed 178 SusWrite 102 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 27.8 95% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 99.9 90% 140 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 89 90 89 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 72 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 89.7 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	487x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	269x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	352x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	338x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	220x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	87x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	62x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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