Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150812
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '23 at 23:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 336 45% 336 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 153C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 223 Parallax 181 148% 195 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 116% 147 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 145 146 147 141 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 392 Write 313 Mixed 332 SusWrite 146 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 28.5 100% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 256 194% 257 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 89GB free Firmware: GH2ZB550 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 119 122 120 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 97.7 Write 110 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 120 63% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G13332 0420 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.7 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 52%

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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%

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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	490x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	271x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	265x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	358x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	341x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	221x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	113x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	89x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	53x

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

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363