Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150806
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3260 9,453 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 71 2-Core 191 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 193 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 9454) 2GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 27.4 Parallax 34.1 30% 33 fps	MRender 24.5 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 34.4 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
CGM Virtual Disk 36118 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 430GB free Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 143 Write 33.3 Mixed 60.3 59% 79 MB/s	4K Read 3.32 4K Write 7.01 4K Mixed 0.55 330% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%
CGM Virtual Disk 35862 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 169GB free Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 132 Write 30.9 Mixed 32.9 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.35 4K Write 7.92 4K Mixed 2.11 521% 4.46 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%
CGM Virtual Disk 0001 43GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 4GB free (System drive) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 148 Write 60.8 Mixed 63.5 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.91 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 1.16 371% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 40%

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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	490x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	271x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	266x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	359x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	342x
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

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