Asus K501UX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.7% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus K501UX (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UX
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151020
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '24 at 04:39
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6200U 135,462 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 51.4 1-Core 69.3 2-Core 128 47% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 193 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1D1D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4377 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 5 4% 4.4 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 8.3 5% 6.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 120GB 120GB 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0819B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 37 34 46 45 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 383 Write 108 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 41.8 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 8 38% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 0.7 28% 69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 95%
Hitachi HTS541010A7E630 1TB 20,023 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 876GB free Firmware: SE0OA4A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 103 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 80.3 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 104 53% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Kingston 99U5469-045.A00LF 8GB 235 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.3% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 56%

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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	47	19	60	15.5"	1280 720	LGD04D4

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K501UX - $999

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	290x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	75x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	234x
GTX 950MNvidiaBench 14%, 38,813 samples	130x
Bench 5%, 33 samples	1x

SSD
MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GBSamsungBench 43%, 7,448 samples	61x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	32x
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	37x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 12GBHynixBench 44%, 422 samples	32x

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Total price: $999

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