Asus P5Q3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100611
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 97.5 48% 74.7 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 194 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% AMD(1002 0502) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 13 Parallax 11.3 13% 13.3 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 18.8 12% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 0 0 -79061757059435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 265 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 107 107 15298629 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 265 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 275095 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 275095 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200677 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15076	44.9% Average	Read 201 Write 137 Mixed 158 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 11.5 91% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 11 21% 41 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 88%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 557GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 113 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 227250 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.4% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 88.3 Mixed 65.1 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 531GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1511 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10931 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	60.5% Good	Read 114 Write 97 Mixed 98.5 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 7.8 MC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	22x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	20x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $223

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 $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 $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