Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140819
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 189 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 335 46% 339 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3963) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 34.5 33% 37.8 fps	MRender 35.9 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 30.7 27% 33.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 60 50 54 57 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 404 Write 68 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 55.9 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 27 119% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 90.7 95% 165 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 724GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 188 190 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 189 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 189 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 60%

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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 9%

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Desktop 60%

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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	336x
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	143x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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