Asus P5Q-E

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.64% 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	54% 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 P5Q-E (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090406
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 02:52
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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 Xeon X5460-$190 10,360 User benchmarks, average bench 52% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 90.7 45% 69.5 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 178 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1263) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9 Parallax 4.5 8% 7.92 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 6.74 6% 7.76 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 163 127 58 92 60 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54% Above average	Read 240 Write 227 Mixed 39 SusWrite 111 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 27.9 94% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 146 121% 173 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 29GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 130 131 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 139 Mixed 56 SusWrite 129 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.4 267% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 184%
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166 2TB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 130GB free Firmware: CC72 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 33 35 38 36 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 35.4 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 704GB free Firmware: CC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 43 47 45 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 93.5 Write 93.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 43.9 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2GB free Firmware: 500. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 97.2 Write 80.7 Mixed 52 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 830GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 30.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 29.1 22% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 62%

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)	21.4% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.3 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 96 42% 96 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 45%

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

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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 $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