Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 19:04
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 245 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 645 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 172 Parallax 187 142% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 165 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 120 Write 110 Mixed 86.8 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.53 186% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 82.8 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.47 117% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 834GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13182 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 16 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 103 103 293877 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 87.5 69% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 781GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1034 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 938 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (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	66.2% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 92.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.04 15% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 406GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 33.3 Write 28.5 Mixed 10.8 28% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.29 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	447x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	337x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	123x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	144x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16