Asus X556UQ

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.02% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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.

System	Asus X556UQ (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UQ
Memory	17.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 152 57% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 236 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia 940MX 36,213 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 10CE) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8857 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 10.4 4% 8.35 fps	MRender 5.57 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 8.65 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 316 316 342 337 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 350 Write 335 Mixed 324 SusWrite 318 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 28.9 106% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 234 132% 127 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 129%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 314GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 68 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 95.6 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5143EB0-CPB 859B CT16G4SFD8266.M16FE 20GB 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.3% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 13.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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

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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