Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.29% 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 Drive	18.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '20 at 20:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 406 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1094 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Lighting 13 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 10.8 11% 8.91 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.17 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 120GB 5,956 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 29 39 26 16 19 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.5% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 270 Mixed 14.7 SusWrite 34.6 21% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 16.1 40% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 34.5 DQ Mixed 50.6 33% 38.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 404GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 159 159 158 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 115 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 159 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-004.A01LF Hynix DMT351E6CFR8C-H9 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

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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 6%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	488x
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	356x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	340x
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 $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	88x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	84x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	62x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16