Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 108 2-Core 188 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 424 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 82.6 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 78.1 67% 83.2 fps	Gravity 71.6 Splatting 70.3 63% 71 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1CH162 128GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C2) HDA temperature 76 53 201863921688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	79.2% Very good	Read 512 Write 256 Mixed 495 93% 421 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 24.2 121% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 23.8 59% 116 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%
Toshiba THNSNJ128GCST 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 822GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10222816 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126662687 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1045 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 487587868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6546 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 38654705692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 85907935859374 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39133704740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31655407201	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 179 Mixed 175 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.37 110% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 64%

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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 62%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V - $51

CPU
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	86x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	74x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	70x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	100x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	57x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	41x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	18x
M378B1G73EB0-CK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 3,888 samples	13x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $307

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16