Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	74.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$20 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 292 39% 293 Pts	64-Core 294 18% 294 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 48.3 33% 41.6 fps	MRender 31.3 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 40.3 29% 35 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 120 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23775 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 55281 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114480 (F5) Unknown 100 100 47550	74.3% Very good	Read 480 Write 248 Mixed 212 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 27.7 98% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 48.5 81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 96%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 103GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 188 187 1575 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 118332 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 57.3 Mixed 56.5 44% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 41%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 19GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 185 3666 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4947 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4834 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 67.1 Mixed 7.39 33% 45.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.19 53% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%

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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	488x
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	355x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	340x
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	88x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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