Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics31% 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 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.
Memory12GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-S1  (all builds)
Memory5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140620
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 55%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
72.5% Very good
Memory 87.8
1-Core 109
2-Core 189
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 309
8-Core 492
49% 401 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
31% Below average
Lighting 38.1
Reflection 30.2
Parallax 30.6
31% 32.9 fps
MRender 38.5
Gravity 38.6
Splatting 37.1
31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 27%
This bench: 31%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
387GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Read 144
Write 130
Mixed 125
100% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.14
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 0.22
70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 109%
WD HDD 500GB
310GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
18.4% Very poor
Read 39.2
Write 35.4
Mixed 15.6
36% 30.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.32
66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 18.4%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.6% Below average
MC Read 10.9
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 10.3
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.9
SC Write 9.8
SC Mixed 10.5
27% 9.4 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 32.6%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-S1 Builds (Compare 1,755 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-S1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $237
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