Asus Q525UAR

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.94% 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	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% 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.

System	Asus Q525UAR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q525UAR
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 00:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 524 58% 455 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1B00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 16.3 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 512GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT23D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 387 390 372 364 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 385 Write 348 Mixed 325 SusWrite 378 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 29.2 110% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 349 262% 348 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 120%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 125 124 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 124 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Asus Q525UAR

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	86x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	86x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	2x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	2x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GBMicronBench 71%, 496 samples	42x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GBMicronBench 70%, 438 samples	24x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	14x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $66

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 $178	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