Asus K501UX

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
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 45.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	80% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Asus K501UX (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UX
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '22 at 02:08
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 74.6 2-Core 115 50% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 181 8-Core 209 25% 195 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950M 38,813 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 1D1D) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2698 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.4 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 16.9 16% 19.6 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 15.2 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 324 331 364 356 356 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 352 Write 332 Mixed 300 SusWrite 337 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 29.3 98% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 239 204% 301 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF1G64HDZ-1G6A1 Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 16GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical K501UX Builds (Compare 361 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K501UX - $999

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	286x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	75x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	230x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	130x
Bench 5%, 33 samples	1x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	59x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	31x
M600 SATA M.2 256GBMicronBench 84%, 2,750 samples	24x

RAM
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 53%, 3,550 samples	87x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 12GBHynixBench 43%, 718 samples	35x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 12GBHynixBench 44%, 422 samples	32x

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Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16