Asus P5Q3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	77.6% 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	27.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 06:25
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 67.7 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 80.9 41% 63 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 138 19% 141 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 90.6 80% 96.2 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 77 72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 38 43 44 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 187 Write 84 Mixed 110 SusWrite 44.1 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 15.2 54% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 19.6 14% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 249GB free Firmware: 30.04G30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 70 71 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 73.5 Write 72.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 70.7 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 52%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 53GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 45 45 45 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 80 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 47.1 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 118GB free Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 72 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 25.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 71.6 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7 22% 7.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.5 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	22x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	20x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x

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Total price: $221

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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