Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150812
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 16 '21 at 15:19
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 79%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 227
81% 143 Pts
4-Core 417
8-Core 570
62% 493 Pts
64-Core 573
35% 573 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5144
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
3.31% Terrible
Lighting 3.6
Reflection 65.3
Parallax 6.5
3% 25.1 fps
MRender 7.9
Gravity 2.5
Splatting 4.7
4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.31%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ramsta S800 120GB
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 211 217 208 37 21 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
69.9% Good
Read 470
Write 216
Mixed 294
SusWrite 152
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 13.4
118% 46.3 MB/s
DQ Read 94.6
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 17.7
63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 79%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB
190GB free
Firmware: 1114
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 86 85 85 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
51.3% Above average
Read 93.2
Write 98.1
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 85.3
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 51.3%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT51264BA160B.C16F 0423 Team-Elite-1600 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
59.4% Above average
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 17
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.8
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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