Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	23.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (65%). 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-S1 (all builds)
Memory	7.9 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	20150812
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '19 at 17:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 388 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4001 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 121 Parallax 131 110% 129 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 126 Splatting 101 106% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: B1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 13 71 38 21 125 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	23.2% Poor	Read 148 Write 86 Mixed 81 SusWrite 62.6 21% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.6 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 10.2 42% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.5 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 64.3 35% 31.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 782GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 140 155 157 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 161 Write 156 Mixed 116 SusWrite 149 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%

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	36.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.2 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 48%

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

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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 $41Bench 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	138x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	121x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	45x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x

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 $254	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16