Asus P5Q3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q3 (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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)	49.2% Average	Memory 72.2 1-Core 40.1 2-Core 81.4 42% 64.6 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 153 21% 154 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 1543) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Lighting 9.7 Reflection 12 Parallax 3.6 8% 8.43 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 3.9 5% 6.57 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 191 200 176 198 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	49.7% Average	Read 187 Write 198 Mixed 190 SusWrite 193 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 28.5 91% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 38.5 30% 41.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 82 82 85 80 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 80.3 Write 75.4 Mixed 41 SusWrite 81.7 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 50%

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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 P5Q3 Builds (Compare 113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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 $58Bench 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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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $219

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 $179	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