Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.8% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 15:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 604 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1510 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 25 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 113 20% 55.5 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 82 Splatting 64 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3310000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 172 168 142 152 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 492 Write 385 Mixed 212 SusWrite 163 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 40.7 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 215 178% 257 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 749GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 161 162 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 159 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 161 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	447x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	337x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	123x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	144x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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