Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.3% 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	78.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '24 at 14:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 559 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 19.9 14% 18.7 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 16.5 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 256GB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 210 74 67 67 69 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 349 Mixed 330 SusWrite 118 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 31 135% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 191 168% 248 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 103%
Adata SU 650 960GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 301GB free Firmware: 4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 40 41 40 41 39 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.4% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 41 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 39.1 9% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 11.8 41% 12.2 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 14.2 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 90%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 261GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 71 71 71 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 68.8 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 69.2 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 97%

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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	44	8	60	21.5"	1920 1017	GSM56CF W2261

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S

CPU
Core i3-4150Intel $38Bench 55%, 36,627 samples	192x
Core i3-4130Intel $41Bench 52%, 49,509 samples	166x
Pentium G3240Intel $51Bench 50%, 10,752 samples	122x

GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	281x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	223x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	217x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	89x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	40x

RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	58x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	42x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $66

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16