Asus P5Q-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.72% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q-EM (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core2 Duo E7500-$11 12,407 User benchmarks, average bench 23% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	26% Poor	SC Int 71 SC Float 42.1 SC Mixed 52.7 44% 55.3 Pts	QC Int 143 QC Float 81.1 QC Mixed 108 25% 111 Pts	MC Int 144 MC Float 78.9 MC Mixed 108 17% 110 Pts
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset 3,162 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8276) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	0.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 1.7 Parallax 2.4 1% 2.17 fps	MRender 1.2 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2.2 1% 1.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.72% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 213GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 189 4641 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1864 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1855 (BE) vendor-specific 57 36 43 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.3% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 58.8 Mixed 27.1 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.41 88% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 54,680 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 4.9 MC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.73 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.8 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 45%

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

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Typical P5Q-EM Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P5Q-EM

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $216Bench 38%, 11,474 samples	39x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $19Bench 24%, 23,449 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 27%, 24,234 samples	18x

GPU
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 3,162 samples	39x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 16%, 11,439 samples	8x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 18%, 2,103 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	6x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $70Bench 64%, 40,302 samples	5x
Raid 0 Volume 120GBIntelBench 60%, 500 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 54,680 samples	76x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 131,848 samples	49x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 28,965 samples	19x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $295

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12