Asus H81M-A/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-A/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:11
Run Duration	563 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 181 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 257 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 253 16% 253 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C879) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.2% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 3.84 9% 8.5 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 8.3 Splatting 6.65 6% 7.98 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.2% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153142632 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1012967 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (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 71 65 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1174 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -25585120182097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2118199692 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2329203829	95.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 155 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3080 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 53 53 688 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 618 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 61 370343958 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 403898392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26205649 (C4) Reallocation count 84 84 688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 99 94 920 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	49.8% Average	Read 86.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 84.2 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123907670 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24050093 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2254 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505020446 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 31 123907670 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 4405 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35691178240735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 711903520 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4250718865	47.6% Average	Read 93.3 Write 72.3 Mixed 82.8 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.47 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 16GB-$8 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 5.97 Mixed 7.72 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.42 50% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 9%
Kingston DT 101 G2 8GB 2,409 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 18.7 Write 2.35 Mixed 4.76 8% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.47 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.005 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-050.A00LF 8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	46.1% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 55%

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-A/BR

CPU
Core i5-4440Intel $99Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	68x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	66x
Core i3-4170Intel $59Bench 57%, 48,178 samples	54x

GPU
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	45x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	40x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	66x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	24x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	19x
1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 3,554 samples	15x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $127

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $176	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) $32	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