Asus P5Q-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q-EM (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090708
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 18:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme X9650-$850 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 53% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 66.4 1-Core 41 2-Core 80 40% 62.5 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 144 19% 143 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G45/G43 Express Chipset 6,554 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8276) 3.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.61% Terrible	Lighting 0.77 Reflection 0.62 Parallax 0.72 1% 0.7 fps	MRender 0.57 Gravity 0.53 Splatting 0.91 1% 0.67 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.61% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 477 Write 480 Mixed 420 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 22.9 78% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 13 37% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 295GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3575 (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 84 84 7221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36096 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 210454183965 (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 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	59.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 95.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.6 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.5 13% 4.67 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ 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 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P5Q-EM

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	13x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	9x
G45/G43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 1%, 6,554 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
Z400s 256GBSanDisk $221Bench 72%, 10,770 samples	5x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	4x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	34x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	5x

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Value: 20% - Very poor

Total price: $309

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 $46

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