Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '20 at 17:32
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$44 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	49% Average	Memory 83 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 90.2 50% 75.7 Pts	4-Core 91.4 8-Core 92 12% 91.7 Pts	64-Core 94.7 6% 94.7 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	1.65% Terrible	Lighting 1.7 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.84 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.17 Splatting 3.39 2% 2.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.65% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 67 63 62 63 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 393 Write 138 Mixed 198 SusWrite 70.5 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 27.5 108% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 131 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 77%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 497GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 173 178 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 136 Mixed 29 SusWrite 176 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 391% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 60%

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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-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	563x
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 $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 $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