Asus K53U

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemAsus K53U  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK K53U
Memory5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20120410
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateMar 28 '22 at 06:13
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD C-60 APU
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 1 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
23.5% Poor
Memory 43.2
1-Core 13
2-Core 24.9
20% 27 Pts
4-Core 24.8
8-Core 25.6
3% 25.2 Pts
64-Core 25.7
2% 25.7 Pts
Poor: 11%
This bench: 23.5%
Great: 34%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6290
Asus(1043 104C) 384MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
0.49% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 1.2
Parallax 0.5
0% 0.73 fps
MRender 1.9
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.4
1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.49%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKJ4.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 226 215 249 295 233 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
36% Below average
Read 252
Write 299
Mixed 270
SusWrite 248
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 8.9
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 7.7
30% 9.9 MB/s
DQ Read 40.5
DQ Write 30.2
DQ Mixed 36.1
27% 35.6 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 36%
Great: 100%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13
28GB free, PID a838
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 22.7
Write 19
Mixed 20.2
26% 20.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.7
44% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown EVM 8GB DDR3 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
11.4% Very poor
MC Read 4
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 4.4
11% 3.87 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 1.7
SC Mixed 3.1
7% 2.3 GB/s
Latency 188
21% 188 ns
Poor: 11%
This bench: 11.4%
Great: 22%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical K53U Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Asus K53U

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