Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150806
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 05 '18 at 04:51
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670-$51
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 110
2-Core 217
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 421
56% 420 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 114
Parallax 108
92% 112 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 100
Splatting 101
82% 101 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
761GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 159
Mixed 117
112% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 1.39
4K Mixed 0.3
98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
184GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 127
Write 117
Mixed 143
98% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.32
4K Write 2.18
4K Mixed 0.18
115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 18.4
60% 20.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 18.8
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,301 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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