Asus K501UW

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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.

Run History

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

System	Asus K501UW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UW
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '20 at 01:17
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 96.9 2-Core 168 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 270 36% 268 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 11E0) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8857 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 18.2 18% 18.8 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 20.8 Splatting 16 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 607 626 554 557 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 637 Write 606 Mixed 609 SusWrite 584 137% 609 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 91.2 304% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,056 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 972 727% 970 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 355%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 464GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 268 278 271 272 272 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 326 Write 310 Mixed 296 SusWrite 263 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 31.6 89% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 280 226% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 0420 AO1P24HC8T1-BQXS 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 74%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Asus K501UW

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	127x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	7x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	86x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	48x

SSD
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GBBench 78%, 3,982 samples	36x
SD8SN8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 72%, 4,967 samples	24x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	53x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A5143EB0-CPB 12GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,028 samples	16x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	7x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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