Asus H81M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus H81M-K (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 14:55
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 191 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 388 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.72 3% 5.68 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.87 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sp-8 PRO 256GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 909X SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 118 128 127 129 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 375 Write 276 Mixed 263 SusWrite 140 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 34.6 140% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 59.3 103% 199 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 99.9 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
F 1x8GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%

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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%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H81M-K - $50

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	1,181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	501x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	489x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	565x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	477x
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	167x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	149x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	147x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	91x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	89x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $287

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 $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 $40	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