Asus K501UW

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 44.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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 K501UW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UW
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '20 at 03:31
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Memory 49 1-Core 82 2-Core 152 52% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 226 30% 227 Pts	64-Core 223 14% 223 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.1% 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. 26.20.100.7325 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.61% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 5.56 4% 8.38 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 9.48 6% 6.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.61% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 403GB free Firmware: 20400P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 338 359 356 360 362 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 329 Write 308 Mixed 278 SusWrite 352 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 19.5 76% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 278 218% 300 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 87 93 83 98 92 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 86.7 Write 66.5 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 88.1 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.1 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 164 24% 164 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 40%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K501UW

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	127x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	7x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	86x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	48x

SSD
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GBBench 78%, 3,982 samples	36x
SD8SN8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 72%, 4,967 samples	24x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	53x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A5143EB0-CPB 12GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,028 samples	16x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	7x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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