Asus P5QC

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5QC (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090427
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '23 at 15:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 68.3 1-Core 45.7 2-Core 89.8 43% 67.9 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 148 19% 146 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 47.7 38% 47.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 37.6 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 155 137 139 131 129 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.9% Above average	Read 212 Write 201 Mixed 185 SusWrite 139 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 31.5 103% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 48.9 40% 55.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 132GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 168 186 198 205 204 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.6% Above average	Read 211 Write 210 Mixed 185 SusWrite 185 45% 198 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 31.5 102% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 51.1 42% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 194GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 67 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 66.7 Mixed 43 SusWrite 66.1 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	60	40	60	23"	1280 720	IVM5621 PLX2380H

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Asus P5QC

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	37x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	8x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	6x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	41x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	36x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	22x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16