Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140902
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 11:50
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3450 1,246 User benchmarks, average bench 56% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 110 50% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 158 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	1.73% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 3 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 3.8 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 2.3 2% 2.4 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.73% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
DSS128-S535D 128GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1201A SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 88 104 105 94 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 395 Write 113 Mixed 158 SusWrite 101 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 22 92% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 29.2 53% 105 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 342GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 111 112 111 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 108 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 69%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.9 4.8 5.2 5 5 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.16% Terrible	Read 21 Write 6.8 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 4.7 9% 8.57 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.16% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix DMT325U6AFR8C-H9 1337 FLGF65F-D8KMB 6GB 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 3.9 12% 4.23 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	487x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	269x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	352x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	339x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	220x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	87x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	62x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

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 $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 $40	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