Asus X550CL

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Asus X550CL (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X550CL
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '23 at 13:22
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3337U 33,616 User benchmarks, average bench 47% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 110 50% 81.7 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 145 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 124D) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4252 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.03% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 2.7 3% 3.63 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 4.5 3% 3.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.03% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fastdisk 120G 120GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20151204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 143 143 149 149 MB/s Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.5% Below average	Read 276 Write 121 Mixed 133 SusWrite 143 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 7.6 49% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 59.5 64% 104 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 64%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 106 109 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 99.2 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 108 63% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ40UG8EFU0 Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 53%

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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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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X550CL

CPU
Core i5-3337UIntelBench 47%, 33,616 samples	168x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	154x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	79x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	327x
GeForce GT 710MNvidiaBench 4%, 498 samples	95x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples	43x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $69Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	10x

RAM
EBJ40UG8EFU0 1x4GBElpidaBench 29%, 3,036 samples	79x
HMT451S6AFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 28%, 1,663 samples	54x
MT8KTF51264HZ-1G6 1x4GBMicronBench 29%, 1,972 samples	49x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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