Asus X556UQ

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Asus X556UQ (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UQ
Memory	16.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190416
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 11:36
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	91%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 80 2-Core 114 55% 89 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 208 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 54.2% 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. 27.21.14.6589 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 5.8 3% 7.37 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 5.4 Splatting 9.3 6% 6.67 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBAT128G1002 128GB 3,654 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2317002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 119 150 159 165 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 402 Write 170 Mixed 180 SusWrite 149 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 8.8 74% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 70.3 80% 135 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 69%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 466GB free Firmware: AM0B3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 102 107 106 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 106 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264HZ-2G1A1 Kingston 9905744-024.A00G 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 66%

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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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Typical X556UQ Builds (Compare 364 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	149x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	21x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	242x
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
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples	33x
M471A5143EB0-CPB Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 8GBSamsungBench 67%, 1,291 samples	32x

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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