Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q526FA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 90% 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_Q526FA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Q526FA
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190717
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 13:50
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 221 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 525 59% 464 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 72%

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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.74% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 6.1 4% 6.1 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 7.4 6% 7.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.74% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GB 4,156 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 67.2 Write 335 Mixed 74.1 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 25.8 102% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 176 145% 204 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 78%
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 836GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 381 414 391 397 393 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 407 Mixed 350 SusWrite 395 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 39.2 133% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 250 209% 303 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K44BM0-CRC 2x8GB 6,645 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

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Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

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System: Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q526FA

CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	44x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	44x

SSD
RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 57%, 4,156 samples	31x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	3x
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 100%, 26,055 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K44BM0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 6,645 samples	44x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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