Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 20:59
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 107 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 409 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1094 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 10.1 10% 12.1 fps	MRender 16.9 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 16.5 13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 148 23 25 21 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 453 Write 340 Mixed 311 SusWrite 51.6 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 34 145% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 182 165% 248 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 404GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 160 160 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 159 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-004.A01LF Hynix DMT351E6CFR8C-H9 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	490x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	270x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	358x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	340x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	221x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	89x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	63x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

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