Asus H81M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H81M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141127
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 67.6 2-Core 135 59% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 270 34% 261 Pts	64-Core 309 19% 309 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1648 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.2% Poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 43.4 14% 39.5 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 35.2 42% 53.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 34GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 204 141 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.7% Above average	Read 234 Write 227 Mixed 202 SusWrite 115 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 24.2 95% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 140 118% 171 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 80 110 128 144 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 139 Write 109 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 113 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 72%

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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%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-PLUS - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	562x
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 $37Bench 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: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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