Asus CG5290

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.72% 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 Drive	The 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.
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus CG5290 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1856 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090511
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 22:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-920-$90 69,074 User benchmarks, average bench 62% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 127 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 327 33% 267 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 82E3) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 4.75 8% 7.85 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 8.17 Splatting 6.22 6% 7.68 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 748GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38683345379 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 857 (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 91 91 65667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 812 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3396 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 223339348008 (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 0	29.8% Poor	Read 55.2 Write 49 Mixed 22.2 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.27 48% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 61%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 224GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897157307 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 300 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176094773284 (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 0	66.3% Good	Read 121 Write 110 Mixed 2.32 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 18GB 8,131 User benchmarks, average bench 42% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 11.1 28% 9.63 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 57%

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

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Typical CG5290 Builds (Compare 42 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus CG5290

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	32x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	5x
Core i7 975Intel $550Bench 72%, 3,143 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	6x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	5x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	3x
120GB 120GBNetacBench 61%, 1,949 samples	2x

RAM
9GBUnknownBench 38%, 4,068 samples	10x
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	6x
20GBUnknownBench 39%, 10,519 samples	3x

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Value: 25% - Poor

Total price: $377

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