Asus N501VW

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	153% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Asus N501VW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK N501VW
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190417
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 22:06
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 50.7 1-Core 82.8 2-Core 162 54% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 488 49% 399 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1080) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 2.8 4% 8.63 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 7.8 5% 5.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2230 1TB SSD 238 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: H220902a SusWrite @10s intervals: 1115 805 1043 927 1061 1104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 916 Write 903 Mixed 906 SusWrite 1,009 211% 934 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 28.2 120% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 479 340% 437 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 370%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 399GB free Firmware: SE0OA4H0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 85.3 Write 80.5 Mixed 17.5 44% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GB 32,056 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.1 19% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 6.2 13% 4.57 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 40%

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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 N501VW Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

System: Asus N501VW

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	425x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	277x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	144x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $69Bench 205%, 12,601 samples	174x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	40x
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	37x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A1G43DB0-CPB 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 1,104 samples	100x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 65%, 2,218 samples	57x
VepIqTRrEPqQfI Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBMicronBench 64%, 500 samples	54x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $69

CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16