Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '21 at 08:57
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 544 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 50 Parallax 48.4 34% 46.6 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 41.6 40% 49.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 267 225 200 199 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 427 Mixed 386 SusWrite 232 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 40.7 150% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 325 251% 342 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%
Samsung HN-M640MBB 640GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 478GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 106 107 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 13.9 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 103 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 12 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%

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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	488x
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	355x
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 $28Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16