Asus H81M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-K (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150514
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 11:25
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 420 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.68% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.23 Parallax 2.12 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 1.76 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.91 2% 1.75 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.68% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 98 98 5604 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8088161697	60.3% Good	Read 262 Write 208 Mixed 216 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 22.2 111% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 17.5 36% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 124%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 436GB free Firmware: AM0P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5598 (0A) Spinup retry count 133 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 125221 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150324903960 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 625 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	51% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 89 Mixed 86.3 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 60%
ICY BOX IB-117-U31 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 430GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.9% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 41 Mixed 37.5 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 67%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1,189x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	505x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	494x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	567x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	482x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	413x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	346x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	170x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	150x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	91x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	90x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $287

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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