Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% 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 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 16:19
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 577 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 80%

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) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 7.25 3% 5.92 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.61 6% 6.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 136 103 95 96 84 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 364 Write 216 Mixed 225 SusWrite 105 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35.2 128% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 150 119% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB 1,056 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 144GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 64 71 72 71 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 49.5 Write 83 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 69.3 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.5 135% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 67%
Lacie Rugged Mini USB3 1TB 1,056 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 416GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 30.7 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 40.8 23% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 67%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 250GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 37.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 41.1 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	564x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	387x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	236x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	266x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	98x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	100x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	55x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $345

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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