Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141127
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 19:43
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 368 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1401) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.2 33% 41.2 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 34 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LDLC 240GB 1,787 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: R083 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 376 Mixed 17.5 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 0.7 36% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 0.7 15% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 53GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 151 156 136 140 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 146 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 163GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 100 99 99 101 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 169 Write 161 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 99.1 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 31GB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 73 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 79 Write 78.5 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 72.4 87% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 48%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 194GB free, PID b200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 33 SusWrite 40.6 53% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 108% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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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-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	562x
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 $37Bench 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: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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