Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.6% 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.
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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 00:51
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 424 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 21.9 14% 22.1 fps	MRender 25.2 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 20 17% 20.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,645 Write 4,886 Mixed 5,193 1,169% 5,241 MB/s	4K Read 454 4K Write 388 4K Mixed 406 1,414% 416 MB/s	DQ Read 1,452 DQ Write 1229 DQ Mixed 1,304 987% 1,328 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 41GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 85 85 85 86 82 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 56.7 Write 50.5 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 83.5 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 64%
WD WD2500YS-01SHB1 251GB 1,993 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 101GB free Firmware: 20.06C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 50 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 43.9 36% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV - $78

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	232x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	193x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	187x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	229x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	198x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	120x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	68x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	34x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	39x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $315

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16