Asus X556UA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.11% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Asus X556UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UA
Memory	8.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '22 at 11:42
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	31%
CPU Throttled	95%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 65.7 2-Core 119 51% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 70.9 8-Core 206 15% 139 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 1C7D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1191 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 6.4 5% 5.4 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 9.3 6% 6.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32MND-2900A 256GB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 236 228 212 249 257 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 434 Write 305 Mixed 276 SusWrite 230 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 19.9 75% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 219 156% 206 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 12GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 55%

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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 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X556UA

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	68x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	57x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	3x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	128x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	10x
HFS256G32MND-2900A 256GBBench 65%, 512 samples	9x

RAM
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 53%, 3,550 samples	38x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB 1321 SP004GLSTU160N02 8GBHynixBench 54%, 45 samples	16x
8KTF51264HDZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBMicronBench 53%, 955 samples	8x

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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 $182	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) $30	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