Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150526
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 11:50
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 670 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 80.8 77% 86.9 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 75.6 72% 89.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
2.5" SATA SSD 3ME4 256GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: L16B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 118 114 125 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 346 Write 173 Mixed 182 SusWrite 116 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 28 83% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 88.7 79% 120 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 66%
2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 256GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 37GB free Firmware: S16425 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 64 30 29 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 366 Write 211 Mixed 158 SusWrite 56.6 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 2.7 24% 7.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 99 105 104 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 120 Write 86.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 99.6 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.4 145% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 920GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 87 89 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 44.5 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 89.2 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 58%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB 246 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 135 136 136 135 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 126 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 135 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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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	564x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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