Asus P5Q PRO TURBO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q PRO TURBO (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121008
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 15:54
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5450-$299 5,870 User benchmarks, average bench 50% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 51.4 2-Core 93.5 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 161 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 655361 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 79 (03) Spinup time 154 154 12897026160 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5597 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5747 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 257698627626 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11	83.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 118 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 58GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 79 95217904 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 39089438527 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 10634 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360328347 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 689897512 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 38654705704 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 33 95217904 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26495653256431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4166823821 (F2) Unknown 100 253 210349625	54.3% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 89.7 Mixed 73.4 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.43 85% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 88%
WD Elements 25A2 750GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 274GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 27.9 Mixed 24.9 35% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 46%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 9GB free, PID 070e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 17 Mixed 17.1 22% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.8 172% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 45%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 45%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO TURBO

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	9x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	9x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
FireCuda 120 SSD ZA1000GM10001 1TBSeagateBench 114%, 477 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
M500 240GBCrucial $73Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	5x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	52x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16