Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.92% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 17:55
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 396 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2651) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.42 Parallax 11.3 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 9.33 Splatting 13.1 10% 12 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 964GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 111 126 132 135 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 147 Mixed 74 SusWrite 126 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%
BUFFALO HD-WHU3/R1 1 3TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 025e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 34 Write 34.5 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 18.1 39% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 127GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 32.8 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 18.9 37% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 22%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 38 38 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 38.2 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 37.9 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0420 12GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 61%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	451x
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	236x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	145x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16