Asus X550LB

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Asus X550LB (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X550LB
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140626
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4200U-$281 64,450 User benchmarks, average bench 43% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 52.2 2-Core 86.6 49% 73.7 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 122 15% 117 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M 15,605 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 131D) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9077 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 4.84 4% 4.51 fps	MRender 3.57 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.65 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 293 269 204 135 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 325 Write 322 Mixed 293 SusWrite 218 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 16.7 64% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 235 169% 216 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 460GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 115 110 119 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 77 SusWrite 115 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida 1315 CT102464BF160B.C16 12GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 51%

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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 X550LB Builds (Compare 249 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

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Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X550LB

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	165x
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	75x
Core i3-4010UIntel $280Bench 44%, 12,162 samples	8x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	188x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	61x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	8x
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GBBench 71%, 36,832 samples	5x

RAM
0420 AO1L16BC4R1-BQ7S 8GBMicronBench 50%, 190 samples	32x
1x4GBElpidaBench 28%, 3,874 samples	27x
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GBElpidaBench 50%, 520 samples	20x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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