Asus P5Q-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q-E (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081212
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '16 at 15:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48% Average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 94.6 45% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 162 20% 155 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B A001) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 19% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q 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 99 99 2177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 968 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5266334452	53.9% Above average	Read 254 Write 175 Mixed 180 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 16 102% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 45.9 44% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 118%
Maxtor STM3750330AS 750GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 35GB free Firmware: MX15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239260219 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 55942277997 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2686 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164166 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 29 239260219 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	39.1% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 70.8 Mixed 61.8 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 45%

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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 50%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q-E

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	55x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	18x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	14x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	7x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
Q300 120GBToshibaBench 70%, 1,888 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	6x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	129x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	24x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	14x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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