Asus P5Q3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus P5Q3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 06:40
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 79.5 1-Core 41 2-Core 86.5 46% 69 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 172 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 75.3 64% 77.7 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 72.6 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 773 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 362 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 315 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4045608415	57.3% Above average	Read 262 Write 252 Mixed 261 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 20.1 99% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 20 23% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 546GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127060384 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 533729761 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 167506280512 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2965 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18489 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 1785 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20976620295300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 136366524974 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4021632798076	100% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 44GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897353913 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7616 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17740 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 253403463712 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7	46.7% Average	Read 79.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 77.1 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.2% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.9 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 61%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus P5Q3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	26x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	9x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	6x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	4x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	9x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	22x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	20x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $223

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) $31	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