Asus P5Q-E

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 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.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q-E (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20081002
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 13:53
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 44.7 2-Core 89.6 44% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 174 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.79% Terrible	Lighting 0.87 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.09 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.13 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.79% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 60GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 13954871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 92127048511562 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2283 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 60132294692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13954871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13954871 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13954871 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7910 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6058 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6058 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13498	24.9% Poor	Read 168 Write 58.3 Mixed 86.7 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 9.26 47% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 8.32 9% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 754GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153190760 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51094952 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (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 61 51 655884327 (C2) HDA temperature 39 49 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 21 153190760 (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 49761491103973 (F1) Unknown 100 253 680473232 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2068303970	60.7% Good	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 31.8 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.24 54% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 68%
ASMT 2105 500GB 869 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 290GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 29.9 Mixed 5.11 26% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 98.5 41% 98.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 44%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16