Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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 Drive	26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150812
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 22:27
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 464 64% 473 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3704 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 130 Parallax 146 115% 139 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 115% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 18 113 72 19 66 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.2% Poor	Read 184 Write 84.7 Mixed 84 SusWrite 64.1 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 21.1 4K Mixed 10.9 47% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 16.8 DQ Mixed 15.5 12% 16 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 837GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 167 165 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 162 Mixed 141 SusWrite 167 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 21 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 137 Write 21.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 21 54% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3 193% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M1A1600C9 Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 48%

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

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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	137x

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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