Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 18:02
Run Duration	448 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$42 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 181 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 271 36% 268 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 C988) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.21% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 8.08 Parallax 2.56 6% 6.16 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 638GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 186779862 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8608133691 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1575 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606208036 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1745 (C2) HDA temperature 36 23 98784247844 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 186779862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79250736548536 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6472830169 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8462777910	84.6% Excellent	Read 139 Write 156 Mixed 72.8 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 112%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	5.96% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 5.01 Mixed 7.38 12% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.96% Great: 16%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6990 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 4.4 Mixed 6.93 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.99 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 16% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-053.A00LF 1x8GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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	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 $30Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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