Asus X556UQK

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 55.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.58% 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	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161220
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '17 at 15:52
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Memory 87.3 1-Core 43.4 2-Core 76.6 48% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 164 19% 149 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.3% 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: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8253 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	8.58% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 8.16 9% 9.5 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 8.83 8% 9.06 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.58% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G32TND-N210A 128GB 4,377 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30200P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 76 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (64) Unknown 100 100 538184 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 93 93 81 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 253 253 0 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B2) Unknown 100 100 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2535 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 0 85902098471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 85 1 10467 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2240 (F1) Unknown 100 100 630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 706 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 887443	56.9% Above average	Read 501 Write 123 Mixed 150 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 14.3 81% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 14.2 41% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 75%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 890GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 65 96424533 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1343762 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28174985461841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 672661538 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3380 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12816182411312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 747221822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 569915372 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 101 Mixed 61.3 65% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.57 4K Mixed 0.47 176% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 12GB 652 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 13.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 67%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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