Asus P5K-E

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus P5K-E (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '22 at 01:18
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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% LGA775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 104 50% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 213 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 0828) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 1.3 3% 4.07 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 82 71 66 60 52 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.1% Good	Read 264 Write 240 Mixed 188 SusWrite 77.3 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 34.3 131% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 103 102% 164 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 110%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 62GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 231 232 233 233 237 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	81% Excellent	Read 264 Write 253 Mixed 244 SusWrite 230 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 46.4 151% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 182 143% 197 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 115GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 183 190 194 197 204 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	81.8% Excellent	Read 264 Write 253 Mixed 251 SusWrite 185 54% 238 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 49.8 163% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 149% 199 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,890 Write 1,955 Mixed 2,596 620% 2,814 MB/s	4K Read 268 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 183 726% 204 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 639 468% 616 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 5,255 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 29.9 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 28.6 21% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 69%

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 (66^th percentile)	25% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 6.6 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 45%

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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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Typical P5K-E Builds (Compare 183 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus P5K-E

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	55x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	17x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	15x

GPU
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	10x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	8x
256GB SSD 256GB3Bench 62%, 1,638 samples	5x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	105x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	21x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	20x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $180

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