Asus P5Q

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 37.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080820
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 08:18
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E7300-$28 7,475 User benchmarks, average bench 39% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 79.2 40% 61.4 Pts	4-Core 76.2 8-Core 80.8 10% 78.5 Pts	64-Core 81.4 5% 81.4 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E199) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.43% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 1.5 2% 2 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.5 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.43% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor 6 Y080L0 82GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free (System drive) SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 30 27 32 34 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 27.3 24% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 32%
Maxtor 6 Y080L0 82GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 30 27 32 34 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 52.7 Write 53.5 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 27.5 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 32%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 39GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 64 63 59 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 92 Write 96.2 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 62 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.5% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.17 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.2 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 120 34% 120 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	75x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	56x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	38x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	23x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	21x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $45Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	10x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	194x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	90x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	30x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359