Asus P5Q-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q-PRO (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '16 at 02:44
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 74.9 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 97.7 47% 73.7 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 195 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 SE 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 350D) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th 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 99 99 7 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 902066605	72% Very good	Read 266 Write 213 Mixed 172 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 36.3 132% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 80.1 86% 142 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 144GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 161 (03) Spinup time 176 176 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 82 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3810 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3810 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 20 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 27	40.3% Average	Read 47.5 Write 92.5 Mixed 59.4 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.36 102% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%

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 (66^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q-PRO

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	79x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	32x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	28x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	14x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	10x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	10x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	198x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	60x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	26x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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 $179	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