Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q506FA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.7% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 88% 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.

System	Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q506FA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q526FA
Memory	3.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190717
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '21 at 21:36
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 494 55% 431 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 178,291 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1ECE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9955 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 3.1 Parallax 6 4% 4.7 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 1 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3256GJ2 256GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 193 200 170 169 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 512 Write 264 Mixed 244 SusWrite 205 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 29.1 92% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 133 125% 206 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 119%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 29 30 29 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 36.8 Write 25.8 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 28.3 37% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 1.2 338% 4.73 MB/s	DQ Read 5.9 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 1.2 437% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K44BM0-CRC M471A5244CB0-CRC 12GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q506FA

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	3x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	3x

SSD
RBUSNS8154P3256GJ2 256GBKingstonBench 87%, 285 samples	2x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K44BM0-CRC M471A5244CB0-CRC 12GBSamsungBench 52%, 33 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16