Asus X556UF

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.18% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

CPU throttled at 95% 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 X556UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UF
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160520
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 07:19
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6200U 135,462 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 132 56% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 221 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 930M 4,490 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 246A) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6589 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 9.4 9% 10.7 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.3 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 61 58 56 51 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 380 Write 351 Mixed 334 SusWrite 99.5 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 49% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 101 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 72.5 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 103 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 132% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HDZ-1G6E1 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 12GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 12 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus X556UF

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	212x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	70x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	1x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	195x
GeForce 930MNvidiaBench 8%, 4,490 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	7x

RAM
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 53%, 3,550 samples	44x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 20%, 5,898 samples	42x
8KTF51264HDZ-1G6E1 1x4GBMicronBench 24%, 1,041 samples	16x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16