Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 17:52
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 554 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 129% 153 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 137 Splatting 107 114% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 436 Mixed 336 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 40.5 146% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 132 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 536GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 96.7 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 97.4 67% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 26GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 48 50 49 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 91.2 Write 50.4 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 48.7 67% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 98% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-014.A00LF 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

CPU
Core i3-4150Intel $44Bench 55%, 36,627 samples	191x
Core i3-4130Intel $42Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	165x
Pentium G3240Intel $51Bench 50%, 10,752 samples	122x

GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	280x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	223x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	216x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	88x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	39x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	58x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	52x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	42x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $73

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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