Asus X550EP

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 14% Tree trunk	Workstation 1% 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Asus X550EP (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X550EP
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '21 at 09:18
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	32%
CPU Throttled	80%

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
AMD A4-5000 APU 10,330 User benchmarks, average bench 27% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.5 GHz, turbo 1.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Memory 47 1-Core 16.8 2-Core 34.4 23% 32.7 Pts	4-Core 64.4 8-Core 68.2 9% 66.3 Pts	64-Core 68.7 4% 68.7 Pts
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 33%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8330 8,573 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 148D) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	1.56% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 3.7 Parallax 2.4 1% 2.57 fps	MRender 2.4 Gravity 1.9 Splatting 3 2% 2.43 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.56% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: P180516a SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 43 55 53 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 317 Write 256 Mixed 265 SusWrite 72.1 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 20.9 4K Mixed 15.8 48% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 44.7 DQ Mixed 28.2 23% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 463GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 57 57 60 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 97.6 Write 59.4 Mixed 31 SusWrite 55 44% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325S6EFR8A-H9 1x2GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1 of 2 slots used 2GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 3.8 10% 3.6 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 13%

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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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Typical X550EP Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 26%

Raft

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X550EP

CPU
A4-5000 APUAMDBench 27%, 10,330 samples	11x
A6-5200 APUAMDBench 30%, 10,450 samples	4x
E1-2100 APUAMDBench 17%, 4,569 samples	3x

GPU
Radeon HD 8330AMDBench 2%, 8,573 samples	13x
Radeon HD 8400-R3AMDBench 2%, 11,968 samples	4x
HD 8210AMDBench 1%, 4,832 samples	3x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	2x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
EDJ4208EFBG-GNL-F 1x4GBElpidaBench 20%, 348 samples	8x
HMT425S6AFR6A-PB Elpida EDJ4208EFBG-GNL-F 6GBHynixBench 15%, 71 samples	2x
HMT451S6AFR8A-H9 1x4GBHynixBench 14%, 73 samples	2x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16