Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140513
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '23 at 10:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 523 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1275 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 15.9 14% 16.6 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 18 Splatting 14.8 14% 18.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 231 233 240 242 240 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.9% Very good	Read 259 Write 243 Mixed 236 SusWrite 228 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 45.1 148% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 177 136% 183 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 125%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 65GB free Firmware: 3.CHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 45 44 46 46 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 106 Write 15.2 Mixed 30.6 SusWrite 44.6 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$190 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 246GB free Firmware: MN6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 119 116 119 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 56.7 Write 78.4 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 117 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$27 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 565GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 59 69 62 66 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 154 Write 90.5 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 65.5 61% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	BNQ78D5 BenQ GL2760

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 - $79

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	156x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	106x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	96x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	115x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	65x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	62x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	33x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	27x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	24x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48