Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140417
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 04 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 550 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 91% 112 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 268 288 287 285 285 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 286 Mixed 263 SusWrite 284 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 33 142% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 240 198% 282 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 58 36 46 21 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 7.8 Write 26.5 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 38.2 16% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 43GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 26 31 19 24 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 26.5 Write 28.2 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 22.9 17% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 508GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 106 110 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 106 Write 138 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 110 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 218% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 - $51

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	487x
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	354x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	339x
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 $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	87x
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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16