Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 08:36
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 61.1 2-Core 103 47% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 182 20% 158 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 67%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 90.5 Parallax 76.8 65% 82.2 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 72.1 67% 83.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 81%
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	3.11% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 4.8 3% 3.6 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.2 4% 4.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.11% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 48 57 56 58 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 80 Write 59.7 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 51.2 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 72%

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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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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 - $79

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	155x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	103x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	94x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	65x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16