Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 443 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 97% 117 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1977441928
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 256GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 94 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3745 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2648 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3774 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 163209478172 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 92.8 Mixed 104 75% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 227GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 95 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960695 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2766 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4243 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 163209412637 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.9% Good	Read 118 Write 122 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 33%

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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	337x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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