Gigabyte GA-Q2556N

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.18% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Q2556N (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130719
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 11:24
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 506 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740M 15,605 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Clevo(1558 6565) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8189 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 8.23 Parallax 9.09 6% 8.27 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 8.57 Splatting 8.87 6% 7.48 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 672 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 35 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 34 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2332272662	102% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 410 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 25.8 145% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 25.6 100% 225 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 588GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 180 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2424 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 85 46 (BC) Unknown 99 85 184686411842 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 638976031 (BF) G-sense error rate 40 40 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 362016 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 99 Mixed 96.8 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 82.7 Write 21.5 Mixed 13.6 37% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.57 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64W6H 1x8GB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

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Typical GA-Q2556N Builds (Compare 2 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Q2556N

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	1x
Core i5-4200MIntel $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	2x

SSD
Ultra II 240GBSanDisk $40Bench 82%, 53,931 samples	1x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	1x

RAM
TS1GSK64W6H 2x8GBTranscendBench 54%, 1,168 samples	1x
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 8GBElpidaBench 46%, 304 samples	1x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $249

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16