Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '21 at 13:29
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$44 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 92.5 45% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 166 21% 162 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 36F7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 3.3 Parallax 4.3 3% 3.9 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 4.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 223 116 97 73 79 MB/s Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.9% Above average	Read 250 Write 222 Mixed 223 SusWrite 131 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 23.8 105% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 41.6 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 304GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 71 72 74 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 83.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 64 SusWrite 71.6 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELD0B7 DELL S2218H

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

CPU
Core i3-4150Intel $44Bench 55%, 36,627 samples	191x
Core i3-4130Intel $42Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	165x
Pentium G3240Intel $51Bench 50%, 10,752 samples	122x

GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	280x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	223x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	216x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	88x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	39x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	58x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	52x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	42x

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Total price: $73

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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