Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	May 03 '21 at 18:10
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 216 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 622 60% 496 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 141 101% 126 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 115 Splatting 106 106% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 302 266 234 104 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 459 Write 393 Mixed 379 SusWrite 229 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 26.4 98% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 76.9 DQ Mixed 169 138% 205 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 115%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$167 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 326 344 394 394 405 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 450 Write 387 Mixed 384 SusWrite 368 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 34.8 126% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 108 106% 177 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 136%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 984GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 106 111 111 109 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 76.9 Write 92.5 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 110 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

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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 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	143x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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 $184	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