Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '21 at 16:18
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 374 48% 365 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.14% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.3 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 6.7 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.14% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2012 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 240GB-$180 4,505 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 154 191 132 141 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 352 Write 192 Mixed 228 SusWrite 156 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 27.1 117% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 134 122% 185 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 778GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 164 161 160 163 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 140 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 162 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 505GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 91 89 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 88.7 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 89.9 54% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 12GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 53: 6R 7G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
53%	52%	29	106	4	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	452x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	337x
Core i3-4170Intel $20Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	123x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	236x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	119x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16