Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '23 at 14:28
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$41 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 154 58% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 220 28% 211 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	2.71% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 2 Parallax 4.1 2% 3.03 fps	MRender 4.7 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.7 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2.5 240GB 1,708 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 48 146 93 102 137 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 414 Write 174 Mixed 302 SusWrite 106 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 27.5 96% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 61.9 67% 115 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 725GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 139 140 144 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 134 Mixed 99 SusWrite 143 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ41UF8BDW0-GN-F 12GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	289x
Core i5-4440Intel $99Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	133x
Core i3-4130Intel $41Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	129x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	150x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	149x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	139x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	122x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	45x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	39x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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