Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics148% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-HD3  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150811
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateFeb 11 '22 at 08:46
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 3070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 85.4
1-Core 99.5
2-Core 187
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 503
52% 420 Pts
64-Core 532
33% 532 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
148% Outstanding
Lighting 218
Reflection 199
Parallax 211
178% 210 fps
MRender 192
Gravity 149
Splatting 131
126% 157 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 148%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.2.4
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 347
Write 256
Mixed 238
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 54
4K Mixed 24.8
91% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 191
151% 208 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
528GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 183 187 186 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 147
Mixed 76
SusWrite 185
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.M16 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.1% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 16.3
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 16.4
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 71.6
56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-HD3 Builds (Compare 929 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 - $79

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $316
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