Asus P5K-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory8GB 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 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus P5K-E  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20090619
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateDec 18 '17 at 05:55
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo E4500-$130
LGA775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
23.7% Poor
Memory 44.3
1-Core 13.7
2-Core 19.7
20% 25.9 Pts
4-Core 19.8
8-Core 34.8
3% 27.3 Pts
64-Core 28.6
2% 28.6 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 23.7%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610
Zotac(19DA 6222) 2GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
1.87% Terrible
Lighting 2.33
Reflection 2.85
Parallax 0.69
2% 1.96 fps
MRender 2.52
Gravity 2.27
Splatting 1.91
2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 1.87%
Great: 2%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD1600AAJB-00PVA0 160GB
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
38.2% Below average
Read 69.2
Write 63.7
Mixed 32.5
41% 55.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.31
4K Mixed 0.3
71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 38.2%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
9.4% Terrible
MC Read 3.6
MC Write 2.7
MC Mixed 2.8
9% 3.03 GB/s
SC Read 2
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 2.1
6% 1.97 GB/s
Latency 183
22% 183 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 9.4%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical P5K-E Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P5K-E

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