Asus P5Q3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P5Q3 (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090313
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '16 at 19:21
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% LGA 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 81 1-Core 39.8 2-Core 81 45% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 78.1 8-Core 83.6 11% 80.8 Pts	64-Core 83.1 5% 83.1 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4196 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.53% Terrible	Lighting 5.43 Reflection 7.92 Parallax 1.78 4% 5.05 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 5.52 5% 5.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.53% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 224 224 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 616 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 619 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 83.1 Write 76.7 Mixed 77.9 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 65%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 13.4 Write 4.29 Mixed 4.03 7% 7.25 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.2 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 44%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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 $60Bench 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% - Above average

Total price: $221

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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