Asus P5Q-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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-E (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 23:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 Core2 Quad Q9450-$110 5,335 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 51.3 2-Core 103 50% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 199 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 64.6 60% 70.2 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 56.8 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 28 47 48 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 10 Write 29.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 39.3 21% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 66 65 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 68.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 64.9 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 283GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 109 108 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 103 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 108 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 70%
Maxtor 6B250S0 251GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 97GB free Firmware: BANC1E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 29 29 29 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 29.1 22% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.1 116% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q-E

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	55x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	18x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	14x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	7x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	6x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
Q300 120GBToshibaBench 70%, 1,888 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	6x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	129x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	24x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	14x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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