Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 16:12
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 184 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 278 38% 280 Pts	64-Core 259 16% 259 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F5) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 18 15% 17.3 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 0.04 8% 11.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 684GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 60 49 41 44 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 90.7 Write 77 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 48.3 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 85%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 2,997 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 10GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 13 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 97 Write 35.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 15.1 53% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.4 212% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 1x4GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 33%

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

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Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	485x
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	61x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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