Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 05:48
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 679 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 98% 118 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 108 Splatting 96 99% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 4.4 4.1 5.5 4 3.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 486 Write 445 Mixed 12 SusWrite 4.3 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 9.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 220GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 246 250 275 270 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 374 Mixed 290 SusWrite 277 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 40.1 163% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 213 194% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%
Ramsta S600 480GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 340GB free Firmware: RS47V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 192 228 236 237 241 MB/s Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.3% Good	Read 248 Write 231 Mixed 234 SusWrite 226 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 19.7 113% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 24.7 52% 103 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 124 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 119 Mixed 69.6 SusWrite 124 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 2x8GB 2,124 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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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	487x
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 $29Bench 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	62x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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