Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	65.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '22 at 14:21
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 342 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 47.7 30% 40.8 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 27.1 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 275 247 231 220 245 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 400 Write 374 Mixed 220 SusWrite 258 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 29.2 100% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 30.3 30% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 114%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 229GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 57.1 Write 60.9 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 60.5 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 1,238 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 92GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 35 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 34.7 44% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 216GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 69 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 67.5 78% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	485x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	269x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	352x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	338x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	220x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	87x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	83x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	61x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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