Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140819
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 00:54
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 576 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FA) CLim: 1425 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 88.9 60% 78.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 58.1 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 72 70 102 70 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 455 Write 416 Mixed 367 SusWrite 92.4 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 346 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 193GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 135 135 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 122 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 135 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%

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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	449x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	337x
Core i3-4170Intel $20Bench 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	144x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	119x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16