Asus P5N-E SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5N-E SLI (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20070305
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '22 at 08:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 1,078 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 36 2-Core 77.9 43% 64.3 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 154 21% 155 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42.5 36% 44.9 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.5 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD2500JB-00REA0 250GB-$150 998 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.05R15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 42 32 50 48 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 51.1 Write 56.7 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 42.9 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3300620AS 300GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 24GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 23 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 48.3 Write 40.7 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 22.7 27% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 914GB free Firmware: MEAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 52 54 54 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 81.6 Write 59.6 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 51.8 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 110GB free Firmware: 3.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 55 54 54 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 58 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 53.2 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 4.3 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 3.8 13% 4.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 45%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus P5N-E SLI

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	19x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	12x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce 8800 GTXNvidiaBench 6%, 1,377 samples	7x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	6x
GeForce 8800 GTNvidiaBench 6%, 5,568 samples	4x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	5x
0 500GBCt500mx5Bench 92%, 2,476 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	32x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	14x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x

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Value: 35% - Below average

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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