Asus K501UW

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	25.7% 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.

CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Asus K501UW (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K501UW
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 02:39
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 65.6 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 156 54% 94.5 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 232 32% 235 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 57%

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 11E0) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 6.77 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 6.28 6% 7.36 fps	MRender 6 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 13.8 8% 8.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Liteon CV1-8B128 128GB 9,472 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: G871603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 169 173 173 173 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.7% Poor	Read 277 Write 172 Mixed 199 SusWrite 170 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 4.1 14% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST750LM030-1KKG62 750GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 697GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 117 120 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 55 SusWrite 120 71% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

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 above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.1% 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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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K501UW

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	129x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	7x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	87x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	49x

SSD
HFS512G39MND-3510A 512GBBench 78%, 3,982 samples	36x
SD8SN8U512G1002 512GBSandiskBench 72%, 4,967 samples	24x
HFS256G39MND-2300A 256GBBench 64%, 2,675 samples	7x

RAM
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	53x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB M471A5143EB0-CPB 12GBSamsungBench 51%, 1,028 samples	18x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 66%, 14,350 samples	7x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16