Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 07:44
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (97^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 339 42% 322 Pts	64-Core 349 22% 349 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Zotac(19DA 1375) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 37.3 35% 40.7 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 33.4 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 327 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158915166236 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16844	75.4% Very good	Read 514 Write 339 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 9.85 91% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 46.6 75% 144 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 193GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 421003289 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1236 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 168 108% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 144GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238956623 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43951886 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 30064771098 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 29 238956623 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 128866198768962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2651997657 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3493822993	63.1% Good	Read 101 Write 120 Mixed 90.4 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1600D364L11/8G 1x8GB 1,283 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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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	354x
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 $28Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16