Asus P5K Premium

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus P5K Premium (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 19:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 52 2-Core 104 52% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 204 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34D2) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Lighting 5.23 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 1.75 4% 4.98 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 3.77 Splatting 6.78 5% 6.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 22GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 153 51 41 36 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.9% Below average	Read 248 Write 217 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 90.1 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 12.5 47% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 17.1 DQ Mixed 17.5 15% 22.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 56%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$85 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 202 203 240 244 244 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	84.3% Excellent	Read 265 Write 255 Mixed 238 SusWrite 217 55% 244 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 49.9 165% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 177 139% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 118%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 150GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 54 54 56 56 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 50.1 Write 49.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 54.2 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 32%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 273GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 61 60 62 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 62.8 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 61 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAG SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 73 69 73 72 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 72.3 Write 52.5 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 71.2 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus P5K Premium

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	29x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	8x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	7x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	7x
GTX 460 SENvidiaBench 10%, 3,122 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	57x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	15x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $194

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16