Asus K501UQ

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Asus K501UQ (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UQ
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160426
Uptime	11.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 14:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	31%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 67.4 2-Core 91.7 52% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 202 19% 160 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 11E0) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 7.69 Parallax 4.59 4% 5.78 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 4.77 Splatting 0.09 3% 3.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pioneer APS-SM1 Serise 120GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 71 81 68 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 347 Write 274 Mixed 255 SusWrite 92.4 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 6.4 57% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 79.1 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 18.7 49% 99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 70%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 239GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 117 117 116 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 116 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB 0420 12GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 7 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical K501UQ Builds (Compare 73 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K501UQ

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	44x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	25x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	4x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	50x
GeForce 940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 7,286 samples	23x

SSD
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GBBench 78%, 3,982 samples	10x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	3x
A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $53Bench 108%, 30,265 samples	3x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	37x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBSamsungBench 50%, 3,179 samples	6x
M471A5143EB0-CPB 1x4GBSamsungBench 37%, 7,518 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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