Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics134% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-S2H  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 19 '20 at 12:58
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 114
2-Core 221
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 596
63% 504 Pts
64-Core 594
37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5144
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.89% Terrible
Lighting 3.9
Reflection 6.19
Parallax 6.38
3% 5.49 fps
MRender 9.38
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 7.35
5% 6.39 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.89%
Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
134% Outstanding
Lighting 188
Reflection 163
Parallax 193
153% 181 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 150
Splatting 122
120% 151 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 134%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
698GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 113 106 103 107 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
75.1% Very good
Read 156
Write 142
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 106
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
344GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 89 91 92 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
66.2% Good
Read 140
Write 133
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 90.5
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
61.1% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 18.6
59% 20.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 19.6
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-S2H Builds (Compare 1,589 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $237
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