Asus H81M-C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-C (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140102
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '16 at 12:04
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 160 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 251 30% 229 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 852D) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4052 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.15% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 0.5 1% 1.42 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.69 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.15% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 46286398 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5189441 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 740163625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 41 21 90194313257 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 46286398 (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 -65287797866335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1600197420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 811865740	67.7% Good	Read 130 Write 106 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 42.2 Mixed 9.52 37% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.33 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 4GB-$15 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 5.5 Mixed 8.38 13% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.18 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 32% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 99U5584-009.A00LF 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 16 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%

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

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Typical H81M-C Builds (Compare 2,999 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-C - $60

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	460x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	223x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	300x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	201x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	172x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	137x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	55x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	41x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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