Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 13:13
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 59.2 53% 65.8 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 130 89% 106 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (A5) Unknown 100 100 94541251231 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 578 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 137 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 66 283468628006 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1490375082331 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5931 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13757 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10921 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18214 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.3% Good	Read 480 Write 339 Mixed 336 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 9.44 85% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 77.1 DQ Mixed 8.17 19% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 24 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6538 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1672 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6404 (C2) HDA temperature 106 93 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 161 915 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 174 Mixed 161 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.38 143% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 856GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 69661480 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1192542 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 673251366 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 560 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 77309411366 (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 63359357550729 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2683416858 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18400526100	78.2% Very good	Read 104 Write 168 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.84 221% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 129GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 105 Mixed 90.7 72% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 67%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 10GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 163 Write 56.3 Mixed 77 107% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.72 4K Write 9.57 4K Mixed 4.2 501% 7.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.5 DQ Write 9.87 DQ Mixed 4.39 524% 8.26 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD34G160081 2x4GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	447x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	336x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	123x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	143x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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