Asus H81M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 365 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 4.35 Parallax 4.19 4% 4.33 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.75 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 242 238 244 245 245 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	88.2% Excellent	Read 259 Write 244 Mixed 243 SusWrite 241 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 53.7 174% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 177 137% 188 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 123%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.7 3.6 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.38% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 0.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.4 6% 6.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.38% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	110x

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 $273	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 $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 $40	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