Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.45% 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	68.2% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140619
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 305 48% 344 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 8091) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 10.3 6% 9.45 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 9.48 7% 7.97 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH4-CE120 120GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1675 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 93 93 108 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3342457 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4064	68.2% Good	Read 331 Write 331 Mixed 465 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 6.73 80% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 0.54 78% 189 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 233GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3588 (C2) HDA temperature 106 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.3% Average	Read 87.3 Write 80.9 Mixed 79.5 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905584-017.A00LF 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 56%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	488x
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	356x
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	88x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	62x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16