Asus X551CA

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Asus X551CA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X551CA
Memory	1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140123
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '20 at 15:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 87.6 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 83.1 49% 72.4 Pts	4-Core 127 8-Core 120 17% 124 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 145D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 3.54 Parallax 1.44 2% 2.46 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.83 Splatting 5.74 3% 3.75 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 148 201 372 209 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 426 Write 312 Mixed 230 SusWrite 271 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 31.7 4K Mixed 27.1 88% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 115 111% 179 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0 1x4GB 3,036 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 32%

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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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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X551CA

CPU
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	157x
Pentium 2117UIntelBench 43%, 5,157 samples	2x
Celeron 1007UIntelBench 39%, 5,995 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	157x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	3x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x

RAM
EBJ40UG8EFU0 1x4GBElpidaBench 29%, 3,036 samples	59x
MT8KTF51264HZ-1G6 1x4GBMicronBench 29%, 1,972 samples	39x
HMT451S6AFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 1,663 samples	30x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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