Asus ZenBook Q526FA_Q526FA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190717
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '22 at 00:37
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 582 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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)	4.77% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.9 Parallax 7.6 5% 7.47 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 0.1 5% 6.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8180DS3128GJ 128GB 4,156 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 82 70 51 65 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 394 Write 178 Mixed 265 SusWrite 76.5 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 26.8 114% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 181 158% 233 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 78%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 921GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 132 134 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 112 Write 126 Mixed 57 SusWrite 131 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.8% 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 (89^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% 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