Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '16 at 22:22
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 700 78% 612 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.0.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 45% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163240739217 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 455 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 41 176094838812 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1486092239360 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4557 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8103 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5649 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5862 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.8% Above average	Read 249 Write 178 Mixed 160 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 17.3 95% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 46.7 65% 122 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 15GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A5) Unknown 100 100 111693398343 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 45 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 470 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 188979740699 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1335769694740 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4984 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6546 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4672 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1433 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 497 Write 332 Mixed 338 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 21.4 106% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 53.4 99% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237320888 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 81657292713 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2908 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 67 67 33 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1038 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43934 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 64424509475 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114563957650134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39262719863 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43702201567	57.7% Above average	Read 79.4 Write 120 Mixed 74.6 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 7.63 4K Mixed 0.38 204% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 557GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 172 7291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2152 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 701 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59507 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45% Average	Read 90.9 Write 65.9 Mixed 64 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 90.9 Mixed 77.5 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 87%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2GB free Firmware: FP2A Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 98.4 Mixed 84.9 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 71%

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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	565x
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	209x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	99x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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