Asus K501UW

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.6% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Asus K501UW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UW
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 17:27
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	66.9% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 89 2-Core 173 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 263 35% 263 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.9% 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. 22.21.13.8233 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 17.8 18% 18.9 fps	MRender 23.7 Gravity 22 Splatting 16.2 16% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV1-8B128 128GB 9,472 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: G871603 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 24 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 133 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 105 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 82559 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61941 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114648	78.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 229 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 34.3 131% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 66.5 87% 159 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST750LM030-1KKG62 750GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 324GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164419904 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19388730 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -113915417590593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 838 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36185 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13580686590560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6668708773 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5678245030 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.4% Average	Read 72.1 Write 79.2 Mixed 46.4 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GB 3,179 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 12.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 70%

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Gaming 6%

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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

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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