Asus G501VW

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus G501VW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK G501VW
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151112
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '16 at 07:11
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 179 64% 113 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 503 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1090) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4300 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 5.33 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 4.41 4% 9.04 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 4.63 Splatting 8.65 6% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB 7,448 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT2301Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 580 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 80 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 8 (AE) Unknown 99 99 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1068 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16710106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 538 (F2) Unknown 99 99 422 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1024	39% Below average	Read 482 Write 40.5 Mixed 69.5 42% 197 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 9.64 56% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 17.6 DQ Mixed 9.43 10% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 906GB free Firmware: SE0OA4H0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2255 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979871777 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	53.9% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 92.9 Mixed 92 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Asus G501VW

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	140x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	84x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	52x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	38x
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	21x
SD8SNAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 56%, 12,768 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	32x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	30x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	26x

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