Asus K56CA

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

System	Asus K56CA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K56CA
Memory	2.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121113
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 14:54
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3217U 28,188 User benchmarks, average bench 43% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 47.8 2-Core 79.5 46% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 104 15% 111 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) 409,110 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 1587) 2.2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 2.66 3% 3.85 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.35 4% 4.56 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 92GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 421 Write 123 Mixed 238 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 8.78 57% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 76.5 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 35.3 37% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 88%
Crucial MTFDBAK128MAG-1G1 128GB 1,036 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0005 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2048 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15169 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1806 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 12 12 4409 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 24502986541689 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 12 12 88 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	33.5% Below average	Read 266 Write 30.9 Mixed 76.5 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 3.32 58% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 17.5 39% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Kingston SNY1333D3S9DR8/2G 6GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: Asus K56CA

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	34x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples	21x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	6x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	68x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	6x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples	1x

SSD
i100 24GBSandiskBench 28%, 942 samples	3x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $80Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	11x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB Samsung M471B5773DH0-CK0 6GBHynixBench 43%, 640 samples	5x
EBJ40UG8BBU0-GN-F 2x4GBElpidaBench 48%, 3,420 samples	3x

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Total price: $225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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