Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% 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 Drive34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150806
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 20 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 234
85% 149 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 631
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 629
39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 184
Parallax 168
134% 172 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 167
Splatting 120
110% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 120%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 51 50 50 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
34.9% Below average
Read 95.3
Write 45.7
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 50.3
15% 67.7 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 47.9
4K Mixed 21.7
83% 29.8 MB/s
DQ Read 60.4
DQ Write 53.5
DQ Mixed 52.3
40% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 34.9%
Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 171 174 175 173 175 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 136
Mixed 84
SusWrite 174
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
912GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 125 126 126 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.1% Very good
Read 126
Write 113
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 125
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
61% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 19
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 61%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
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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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