Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics4.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-H81M-DS2  (all builds)
Memory1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150806
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 06 '19 at 01:44
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4570-$99
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 91.9
1-Core 103
2-Core 191
76% 129 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 397
51% 387 Pts
64-Core 390
24% 390 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7770
Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Relative performance (0th percentile)
4.32% Terrible
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 16.6
Parallax 21.9
0% 12.9 fps
MRender 13.7
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 15.1
12% 15.3 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 4.32%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC7110E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 290 303 288 286 305 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 434
Write 302
Mixed 235
SusWrite 293
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 29.1
106% 36.9 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 78.7
DQ Mixed 99.4
83% 124 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74%
Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
322GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 82 82 83 83 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
47.2% Average
Read 81.1
Write 85.6
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 82.8
57% 77.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 47.2%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B5273CH0-CH9 M378B5173DB0-CK0 8GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
53.6% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 19.1
MC Mixed 16.5
52% 18.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 16.6
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 53.6%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-H81M-DS2 Builds (Compare 3,298 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-DS2 - $51

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $288
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