Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.68% 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 Drive57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-S1  (all builds)
Memory3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150810
Uptime9 Days
Run DateMay 02 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 91.2
1-Core 121
2-Core 176
78% 129 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 620
64% 518 Pts
64-Core 576
36% 576 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
ATI HD 4870
Sapphire(174B E114) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
7.68% Terrible
Lighting 9.9
Reflection 7.96
Parallax 6.62
8% 8.16 fps
MRender 6.57
Gravity 6.17
Splatting 11.3
7% 8.03 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.68%
Great: 12%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
57.7% Above average
Read 433
Write 114
Mixed 99.1
46% 215 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 13.9
100% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 84
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 24.3
40% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 57.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
50.5% Above average
MC Read 17.7
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.3
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 15.9
45% 15.7 GB/s
Latency 65.4
61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-H81M-S1 Builds (Compare 1,766 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $222
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