Gigabyte GA-H310M DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	16.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H310M DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 734 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 15.8 16% 16.7 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 18.9 12% 14.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 27 39 44 46 38 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.7% Very poor	Read 145 Write 51.5 Mixed 42.9 SusWrite 37.8 15% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 9.3 27% 7.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 922GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 128 127 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 128 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%
Multiple Flash Reader 16GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 10GB free, PID 6361 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 13 Mixed 13 SusWrite 16.9 20% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 97% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 16%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 804GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 117 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 116 145% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 22%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H310M DS2

CPU
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	223x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	205x
Core i5-9400FIntel $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	61x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	115x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	49x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	49x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	37x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	32x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	12x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	12x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $197

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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