Asus H81M-C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-C (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 01:42
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 198 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 413 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4491 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4295360516 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 49 219043332144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4294967297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15 (EA) Unknown 100 100 45 (F1) Unknown 253 253 34 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	63.7% Good	Read 487 Write 345 Mixed 203 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 3.52 78% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 3.79 14% 29.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 782GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170854936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 71436441 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 94805 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 81604378655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46901042862446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9643879129 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12528219832	97.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 156 Mixed 150 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.41 116% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-003.A00LF 1x4GB 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-C - $60

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	458x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	222x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	299x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	172x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	137x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	55x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	41x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16