Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 31.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics6.67% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140902
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 22 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU 63%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium G3240-$51
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
31.1% Below average
Memory 36.4
1-Core 85.3
2-Core 59.4
38% 60.4 Pts
4-Core 156
8-Core 120
19% 138 Pts
64-Core 152
9% 152 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 31.1%
Great: 59%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
MSI(1462 8A9F) 1GB
CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
6.67% Terrible
Lighting 9.43
Reflection 8.58
Parallax 10
8% 9.35 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 8.17
Splatting 0.09
5% 6.61 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.67%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Xdiskx c-cafe iSCSI 107GB
0GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.6 16 12 11 16 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
29.2% Poor
Read 84.8
Write 52
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 12.8
43% 57 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 6.8
1,153% 6.83 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 29.2%
Great: 29%
Xdiskx c-cafe iSCSI 120GB
0GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 17 18 21 17 20 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
25.7% Poor
Read 68.3
Write 65
Mixed 67.7
SusWrite 18.7
41% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 7.1
1,031% 5.27 MB/s
Xdiskx c-cafe iSCSI 1TB
0GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 18 19 22 18 14 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
21.5% Poor
Read 53.5
Write 57.4
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 18.8
34% 46 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 3.2
604% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 21.5%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
29.8% Poor
MC Read 6.2
MC Write 16.8
MC Mixed 11
32% 11.3 GB/s
SC Read 4.2
SC Write 8.7
SC Mixed 5.4
17% 6.1 GB/s
Latency 220
18% 220 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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