Asus P5Q

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 48.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081126
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 38.6 2-Core 81.1 42% 63.8 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 150 20% 151 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 82% 106 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.9 78% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 80 90 92 93 94 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.3% Above average	Read 238 Write 15.1 Mixed 200 SusWrite 85.4 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 35.3 111% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 49.1 39% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 134%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 273GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 84 90 92 93 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 87.4 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 289GB free Firmware: SN16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 80 79 79 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 68.3 Write 69.9 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 78.8 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 378GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 118 118 120 119 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 95 Write 26.2 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 118 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 207% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%

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 (49^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 45%

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

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	75x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	56x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	38x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	21x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	10x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	194x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	90x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	30x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16