Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.6% 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	83.7% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	11.5 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	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 18:30
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 572 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% 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: 20.11.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 105 0% 58 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 52.3 54% 68.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.6% 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: 190 175 165 175 171 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 441 Mixed 185 SusWrite 172 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 35 138% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 210 172% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 92%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 748GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 160 162 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 153 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 161 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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 (43^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%

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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 $30Bench 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 $269	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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