Asus P5E3 Premium

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.5% 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	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5E3 Premium (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090521
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 03:43
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X3360 631 User benchmarks, average bench 50% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 40.4 2-Core 79.6 42% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 146 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835C) 768MB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 768MB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 13.2 12% 15.1 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 14.9 Splatting 14.8 13% 16.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 85 88 90 91 91 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56% Above average	Read 219 Write 200 Mixed 211 SusWrite 83.9 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 39.1 126% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 55.2 43% 57.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 128%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 43.2 Write 56.4 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 82.8 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 93GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 67 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 66.5 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 54%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 67 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 180 Write 186 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 66.5 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 274% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 79GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 87 89 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 60.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 40.8 SusWrite 86.7 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 114GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 89 89 90 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 40.8 Write 39 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 85.8 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.4 20% 6.97 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical P5E3 Premium Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P5E3 Premium

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x
Core2 Extreme X9770IntelBench 57%, 522 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q9300Intel $38Bench 46%, 10,428 samples	4x

GPU
Quadro 600NvidiaBench 3%, 15,964 samples	3x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	3x
HD 5770AMDBench 10%, 37,602 samples	2x

SSD
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	2x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	16x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $286

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