Asus X556UA

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Asus X556UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X556UA
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '23 at 00:01
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 as expected (41^st percentile)	41.8% Average	Memory 53.9 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 129 48% 84 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 174 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.8% 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. 31.0.101.2115 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 3.9 Parallax 5.7 4% 4.93 fps	MRender 5.7 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 0.3 3% 3.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 357 349 347 372 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 403 Mixed 389 SusWrite 348 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 40.3 129% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 283 228% 322 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6CFR6A-PB 1321 SP004GLSTU160N02 8GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 57%

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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 X556UA Builds (Compare 128 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $53Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16