Asus K43SA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemAsus K43SA  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK K43SA
Memory6.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20110801
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateJun 22 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration92 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-2330M-$150
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
51.4% Above average
Memory 82
1-Core 54
2-Core 90.5
50% 75.5 Pts
4-Core 121
8-Core 142
17% 131 Pts
64-Core 141
9% 141 Pts
Poor: 30%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 55%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700M
Asus(1043 1D12) 2GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
5.98% Terrible
Lighting 7.67
Reflection 7.46
Parallax 6.34
6% 7.16 fps
MRender 6.29
Gravity 5.77
Splatting 7.57
6% 6.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.98%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2010)-$60
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
40.7% Average
Read 73.6
Write 68.2
Mixed 69.2
53% 70.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.54
4K Mixed 0.18
67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 40.7%
Great: 48%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5773DH0-CH9 029E CMSO8GX3M1A1333C9 10GB
1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
35% Below average
MC Read 11.9
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 11
33% 11.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.6
SC Write 10.5
SC Mixed 11
30% 10.4 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 35%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical K43SA Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Asus K43SA

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $53
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