Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150806
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 22 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 way above expectations (97th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 109
2-Core 205
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 573
58% 469 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 178
Reflection 198
Parallax 175
145% 184 fps
MRender 130
Gravity 176
Splatting 122
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 505
Write 436
Mixed 472
105% 471 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 4.61
76% 35 MB/s
DQ Read 21.8
DQ Write 52.7
DQ Mixed 6.34
14% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 162
Mixed 161
125% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 1.67
4K Mixed 0.38
108% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
58.4% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 18.2
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 19.7
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 58.4%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,285 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-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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