Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.2% 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 (15%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 577 61% 485 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSTAN103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 231 335 355 331 MB/s Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.2% Good	Read 280 Write 96.3 Mixed 166 SusWrite 252 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 28.5 90% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 148 131% 204 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-064.A00LF 99U5471-058.A00LF 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58% 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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	567x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	388x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	238x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	266x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	210x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	100x
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	102x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16