Asus H81M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34% 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	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 11:07
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 177 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 305 43% 319 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% XFX(1682 9285) 2GB CLim: 918 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 48.8 35% 46.4 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 35.6 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3578 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 389 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3341622830	69.1% Good	Read 413 Write 286 Mixed 280 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 18.4 110% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 18.3 28% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 279GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 38 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 32.9 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.49 110% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%

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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-A - $76

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	236x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	123x
Core i5-4440Intel $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	109x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	175x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	116x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	107x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	91x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	45x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $313

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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