Asus P5Q SE2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q SE2 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100331
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 38 2-Core 86.1 42% 65.2 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 171 23% 170 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 8390) 1,024MB Ram: 1,023MB, Driver: 306.23 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 15% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 142 62 91 47 87 MB/s Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.9% Average	Read 227 Write 213 Mixed 214 SusWrite 102 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 20.9 98% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 23.5 27% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 92%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 137GB free Firmware: GG2OA7B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 57 57 57 58 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 85.3 Write 77.1 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 55.5 45% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 58%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 337GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 57 57 57 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 118 Write 121 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 55.5 65% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 7 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 45%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q SE2

CPU
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	12x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	8x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	6x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	4x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	63x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	23x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	15x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $195

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