Asus X556UQK

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.42% 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	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Asus X556UQK (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UQK
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190416
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '22 at 23:03
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 50.7 2-Core 109 48% 76.8 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.3% 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. 30.0.15.1179 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	9.42% Terrible	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 7.8 Parallax 10.9 10% 10.4 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 11.1 8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G32TND-N210A 128GB 4,377 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30200P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 118 86 86 82 84 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.3% Average	Read 149 Write 127 Mixed 147 SusWrite 97.8 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 17.1 76% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 127 122% 199 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 75%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 227GB free Firmware: UG4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 160 142 157 144 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 232 Write 328 Mixed 259 SusWrite 171 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 7.2 39% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 36.5 45% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 Kingston KHX2666C15S4/8G 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 74%

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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 X556UQK Builds (Compare 1,421 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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