Asus K501UW

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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.

Run History

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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, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 21:12
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 146 60% 100 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 258 30% 236 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.3% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 5.27 Reflection 16.3 Parallax 4.62 4% 8.73 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 4.63 Splatting 10.4 6% 6.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B128 128GB 9,472 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: G871603 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 20 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 135 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 95 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 54002 (F2) Unknown 100 100 74865	61.7% Good	Read 489 Write 173 Mixed 221 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 23.5 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 69.3 46% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST750LM030-1KKG62 750GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 350GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46911736 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17692366 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 41313290422200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39713 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75204877353758 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3587463145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4402472772 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 60.7 Write 83.2 Mixed 39.9 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.44 90% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 65%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Read 12.6 Write 4.64 Mixed 6.86 9% 8.02 MB/s	4K Read 4.19 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 8%

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 (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.7% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 8.1 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.1 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 40%

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Typical K501UW Builds (Compare 134 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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