Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics1.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-S  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150819
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateAug 16 '17 at 16:22
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 93.6
1-Core 101
2-Core 194
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 380
51% 380 Pts
64-Core 383
24% 383 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT
MSI(1462 1572) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.42% Terrible
Lighting 1.37
Reflection 2.69
Parallax 0.44
1% 1.5 fps
MRender 4.14
Gravity 0.9
Splatting 2.43
2% 2.49 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.42%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 105
Write 94.2
Mixed 93.2
73% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.87
4K Mixed 0.31
111% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
22GB free
Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
40.8% Average
Read 71.2
Write 70.7
Mixed 70.3
53% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.37
4K Mixed 0.48
108% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99P5474-013.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 12GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
53.4% Above average
MC Read 18.3
MC Write 18.8
MC Mixed 16.4
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 18.2
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-S Builds (Compare 1,587 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $71
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