Asus Q550LF

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% 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 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Asus Q550LF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q550LF
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140616
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '17 at 03:15
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i7-4500U-$393 39,249 User benchmarks, average bench 50% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 32.4 2-Core 106 47% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 191 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 12DD) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.1% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 3.53 2% 4.64 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 1.2 Splatting 4.13 3% 3.54 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7078 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1380 (B1) Unknown 99 1 41 (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 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 177 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14808500560	73.9% Very good	Read 503 Write 478 Mixed 511 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 17 70% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.8 DQ Write 99.6 DQ Mixed 11.4 26% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2952 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7717 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2813 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799347228 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 14095 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2751 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 47267	60.7% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 109 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 95% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 10GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 149 Write 17 Mixed 37.6 62% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.36 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.5 115% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 17.7 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Asus Q550LF

CPU
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	195x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	147x
GeForce GT 745MNvidiaBench 7%, 1,328 samples	47x
HD Graphics Family manual-gen9_2015-134121IntelBench 2%, 8 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
ASU16D3LS1KBG/4G 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,492 samples	56x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 30,873 samples	47x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 18,159 samples	14x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $473

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 $40	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