Asus K56CM

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Asus K56CM (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK K56CM
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	MDA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 82.1 47% 70.4 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 125 17% 124 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1587) 2.2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.2843 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 5.15 Parallax 2.66 3% 3.86 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 7.13 4% 4.71 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian M280-12 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 553 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 143 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20824 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103730 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41648	77.2% Very good	Read 509 Write 319 Mixed 398 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 29.8 90% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 67.7 87% 156 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 145GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 47 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2860 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6646 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8019 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159020062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 119622 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 182 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 181482	39.6% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 76.1 Mixed 76.5 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5273CH0-CK0 M471B5273DH0-CK0 8GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus K56CM

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples	139x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples	59x
Core i7-3537UIntelBench 52%, 17,065 samples	15x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	192x
GeForce GT 635MNvidiaBench 3%, 3,113 samples	34x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
U100 24GBSandiskBench 31%, 1,395 samples	6x
840 250GBSamsung $251Bench 70%, 41,998 samples	5x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	14x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	12x
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 17,632 samples	11x

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