Asus H81M-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.15% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus H81M-K  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20210315
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 09 '22 at 13:38
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 90.5
1-Core 98.1
2-Core 189
74% 126 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 366
49% 366 Pts
64-Core 364
22% 364 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 240
Asus(1043 048B) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
5.15% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 9
Parallax 8.9
5% 8 fps
MRender 7.5
Gravity 6.8
Splatting 6.1
6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.15%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKJ4.3
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 418
Write 303
Mixed 362
80% 361 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 35.5
138% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 194
170% 249 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
216GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 177 180 178 176 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 125
Write 141
Mixed 79.5
SusWrite 176
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 113%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60
16GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 46 47 47 47 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
29% Poor
Read 53.8
Write 26.7
Mixed 36.2
SusWrite 46.8
30% 40.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 29%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
61.7% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 20.2
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 18.3
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical H81M-K Builds (Compare 6,103 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $287
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