Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.66% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141201
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 17:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 401 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Lighting 3.63 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 6.22 3% 5.34 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.3 5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 116 123 56 47 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 469 Write 195 Mixed 238 SusWrite 95.9 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.9 115% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 57.1 62% 103 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 72%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 129 128 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 127 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 100%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 96GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 74 74 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 89.8 Write 90.1 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 73.3 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 88%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 128 130 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 76.4 Write 76.7 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 128 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 - $79

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	102x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	94x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	65x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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