Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 11:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 138 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 174 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 475 48% 390 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11238866 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -96147137876129 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3752 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 162 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 1009320722468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11238866 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11238866 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11238866 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 30064771072 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11320 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9254 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9254 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10253	46.2% Average	Read 487 Write 119 Mixed 179 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 9.87 60% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 8.95 17% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 82%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 854GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 199 194 53 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3514 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 44741 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 1045 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 197 1045 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 196 196 1984	60% Good	Read 121 Write 88.2 Mixed 98.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 84%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 5220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2087 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 58505 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389871647 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	56.6% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 97.6 Mixed 97.4 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 62%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	286x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	133x
Core i3-4130Intel $43Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	129x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	149x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	148x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	136x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	45x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	38x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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