Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q526FA

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '22 at 16:34
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 511 56% 442 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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)	4.52% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 8.2 5% 7.53 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GB 4,156 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 19 35 26 15 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 376 Write 259 Mixed 24.1 SusWrite 39.8 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 23.2 4K Mixed 13.2 30% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 60 DQ Mixed 112 68% 72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 126 125 120 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 125 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 71%

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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q526FA

CPU
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	45x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	45x

SSD
RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GBKingstonBench 57%, 4,156 samples	32x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	3x
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 100%, 26,055 samples	1x

RAM
M471A1K44BM0-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 72%, 6,645 samples	45x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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