Asus X556UQ

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 44.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Asus X556UQ (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UQ
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161219
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 16:04
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	27%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Memory 54.8 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 75.6 44% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 178 26% 188 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 10CE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.03 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 2.88 2% 5.37 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 6.04 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.92% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 713 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 553 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2631569569	70.1% Very good	Read 463 Write 386 Mixed 403 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 18.3 75% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 21.6 45% 86 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 134%
SanDisk X210 512GB-$152 1,667 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 250GB free Firmware: X210706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2045 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 55840866306 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 93 1157 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 26 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	53.8% Above average	Read 239 Write 234 Mixed 239 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 11.9 76% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 6.2 52% 121 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6MFR8N-TF Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB 12GB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12.2 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%

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

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Typical X556UQ Builds (Compare 363 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Asus X556UQ

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	175x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	148x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	21x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	241x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	106x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples	15x

SSD
SD8SBAT128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 58%, 3,654 samples	23x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	19x
HFS512G32MND-3210A 512GBBench 83%, 1,708 samples	13x

RAM
8ATF51264HZ-2G1A1 Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 8GBMicronBench 68%, 541 samples	33x
M471A5143EB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 8GBSamsungBench 67%, 1,291 samples	32x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	32x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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