Asus P5Q PRO TURBO

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	134% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q PRO TURBO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090804
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 66.6 1-Core 38.7 2-Core 79.5 40% 61.6 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 146 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 145 9% 145 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 57.2 48% 60 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 51.2 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 542 611 609 618 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,141 Write 830 Mixed 573 SusWrite 579 174% 781 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 37.4 127% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 328 240% 317 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 56GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 136 136 136 135 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	48.6% Average	Read 217 Write 208 Mixed 186 SusWrite 140 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 20.2 96% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 48 41% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 91GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 143 143 143 143 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.3% Above average	Read 224 Write 208 Mixed 183 SusWrite 146 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 33.6 114% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 48.9 41% 58 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 108%
Seagate ST9250827AS 250GB 3,473 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 100GB free Firmware: 3.AHC SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 49 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 50 Mixed 31 SusWrite 48.8 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.8 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 45%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus P5Q PRO TURBO

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	9x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	9x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	8x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
FireCuda 120 SSD ZA1000GM10001 1TBSeagateBench 114%, 477 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
M500 240GBCrucial $54Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	5x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	52x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	12x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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