Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.79% 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 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 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-HD3  (all builds)
Memory6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140513
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 18 '17 at 04:31
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 111
2-Core 224
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 424
57% 426 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 240
Asus(1043 048B) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
5.79% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 9.15
Parallax 8.78
6% 8.29 fps
MRender 7.62
Gravity 6.67
Splatting 7.83
6% 7.37 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.79%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
563GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 147
Write 125
Mixed 138
103% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 0.18
67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905471-077.A00LF 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
34.5% Below average
MC Read 11.5
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 9.6
31% 10.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 11.4
SC Mixed 10.7
31% 10.9 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 34.5%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-HD3 Builds (Compare 928 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-HD3 - $79

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $316
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