Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.8% 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 10 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131031
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 14:15
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$41 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 169 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 259 34% 256 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.8% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 88.2 0% 52.8 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 58.1 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 71 72 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 66.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 72.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 48 44 45 49 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 49.5 71% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDN724040ALE640 4TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 215GB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 91 92 108 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 80.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 94.6 53% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-1600 2x4GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

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	270x
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	340x
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	63x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	59x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359