Asus X556UF

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	6.65% 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	43.8% 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 (38%). 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

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Asus X556UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UF
Memory	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 20:07
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	38%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6500U 102,213 User benchmarks, average bench 46% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Memory 29 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 125 40% 74.5 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 180 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 57%

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. 31.0.15.1694 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	6.65% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 7.1 7% 8.37 fps	MRender 4.9 Gravity 10 Splatting 6.9 6% 7.27 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.65% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU750 256GB 3,130 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: XA001R21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 180 56 16 60 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 322 Write 236 Mixed 247 SusWrite 80 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 18.9 56% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 173 133% 181 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 100GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 79 79 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 78.7 Write 63.5 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 79 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HDZ-1G6E1 Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 12GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.6 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 4.1 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 261 15% 261 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 15.7% 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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Typical X556UF Builds (Compare 279 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Asus X556UF

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	210x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	68x
Core i3-6100UIntelBench 43%, 24,116 samples	1x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	191x
GeForce 930MNvidiaBench 8%, 4,490 samples	88x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x

RAM
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 20%, 5,898 samples	42x
HMT451S6CFR6A-PB Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 8GBHynixBench 53%, 3,550 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 $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 $184	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) $35	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