Asus S550CA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
CPU throttled at 39% 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.
SystemAsus S550CA  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK S550CA
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20121123
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateDec 10 '17 at 17:58
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
CPU Throttled 39%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-3537U
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
36.7% Below average
Memory 63.5
1-Core 25.8
2-Core 46.8
32% 45.4 Pts
4-Core 61.9
8-Core 57.4
8% 59.7 Pts
64-Core 52.2
3% 52.2 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 61%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)
Asus(1043 1587) 2.5GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
3.81% Terrible
Lighting 4.17
Reflection 5.73
Parallax 3.03
3% 4.31 fps
MRender 5.38
Gravity 2.43
Splatting 8.13
5% 5.31 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.81%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
41% Average
Read 72
Write 70.7
Mixed 63.7
52% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.2
70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 41%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Smart SH564128FJ8NWRNSQR 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
28.4% Poor
MC Read 9.5
MC Write 9.8
MC Mixed 11.3
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 6.8
17% 5.97 GB/s
Latency 118
34% 118 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical S550CA Builds (Compare 70 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Asus S550CA

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