Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.32% 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 Drive	50.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '20 at 16:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3450 1,246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 55.7 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 173 60% 108 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 142 21% 155 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2014) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 13.6 9% 12.1 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 13.9 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V800/120G 120GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW190903 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 70 116 149 130 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 284 Write 341 Mixed 294 SusWrite 108 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 10.7 80% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 19.3 70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 80%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 134GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 110 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 111 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GIS 1337 FLGF65F-D8KQB 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 141 28% 141 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 44%

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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	353x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	339x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16