Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive87.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150806
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 08 '20 at 22:21
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User MOZ-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4570-$99
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 91.7
1-Core 102
2-Core 189
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 382
52% 390 Pts
64-Core 389
24% 389 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 184
Parallax 171
142% 177 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 179
Splatting 118
113% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X2180306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 276 290 305 305 291 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 415
Write 285
Mixed 218
SusWrite 292
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 32.1
134% 52.2 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 144
148% 242 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 94%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB
94GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 117 116 116 116 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Read 174
Write 156
Mixed 83
SusWrite 116
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.1
213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
320GB free
Firmware: HP64
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 108 109 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
58.3% Above average
Read 95.8
Write 96
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 107
65% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 58.3%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
33.4% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 11.2
MC Mixed 9.3
30% 10.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.2
SC Write 11.3
SC Mixed 9.8
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 33.4%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,303 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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