Asus X556UQK

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.8% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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 X556UQK (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UQK
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 22:14
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	32%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7200U 205,332 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 80.9 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 65.1 53% 75.8 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 120 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia 940MX 36,213 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 1490) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7620 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 9.93 Reflection 9.96 Parallax 10.4 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 8.78 7% 8.74 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Londisk 480GB 480GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 205 318 334 305 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 387 Write 347 Mixed 359 SusWrite 297 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 33.1 93% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 117 130% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 133%
USB3.0 high speed 1TB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 531GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 98 107 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 79.5 Write 77.5 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 102 117% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH Kingston 4ATF51264AZ-2G6E1 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 64%

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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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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Asus X556UQK

CPU
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	740x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	614x
Core i7-7500U VHIntelBench 52%, 2,074 samples	52x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1,008x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	411x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
SD8SBAT256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 64%, 931 samples	50x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK512TBN 512GBBench 84%, 2,512 samples	48x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 1x8GBMicronBench 36%, 24,227 samples	194x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 12GBMicronBench 51%, 956 samples	123x
HMA81GS6MFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 36%, 3,498 samples	117x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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