Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 DriveThe 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140620
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 15 '20 at 11:19
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 16%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 91.1
1-Core 93
2-Core 186
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 354
48% 358 Pts
64-Core 356
22% 356 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 157
Parallax 135
119% 146 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 141
Splatting 116
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
565GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 115 55 76 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
68.6% Good
Read 151
Write 156
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 88.1
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Goodram GR1333D364L9/4G 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
54.1% Above average
MC Read 18.9
MC Write 19.5
MC Mixed 17.2
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 17.3
SC Mixed 17.3
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-S2PV Builds (Compare 2,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PV - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $315
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