Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 97 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 375 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1326 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 69 Parallax 81.3 55% 72.6 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 55.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 168 30 82 48 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 461 Write 405 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 98.3 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 1.1 36% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 0.5 31% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 99 107 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 91 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 94.6 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 109%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 3GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 43 42 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 35 Mixed 32 SusWrite 39.6 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 35%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.7 4.9 5.4 5 5 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 4.8 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.6 160% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 35%

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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-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	485x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	269x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	352x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	338x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	220x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	87x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

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 $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) $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