Asus H81M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus H81M-K (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '18 at 20:07
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 409 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 49.3 36% 42 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 39.9 30% 35.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ 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% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21999 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1974 (B1) Unknown 88 88 138 (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 73 55 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1307 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31352291236	76.5% Very good	Read 480 Write 341 Mixed 335 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 18.6 105% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 18.2 46% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4780 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1566 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 890 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3899 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.8% Very good	Read 150 Write 125 Mixed 131 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 38GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 35.7 Mixed 28.8 43% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 35%

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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-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1,181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	501x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	489x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	565x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	478x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	413x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	346x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	167x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	149x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	147x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	91x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	89x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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