asus Running pts/c-ray-1.1.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. After SSD and RAM upgrade: Processor: Intel Core i7-6500U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X556UJ v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake /DRAM, Memory: 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 128GB ADATA SU800 + 1000GB 106X + 1000GB HD650, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 920M 2048MB (954/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.39, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406 + Clang 4.0.0-1ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5206x1199 ASUS X556U i7-6500U: Processor: Intel Core i7-6500U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X556UJ v1.0, Chipset: Intel Skylake /DRAM, Memory: 4096 MB + 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 128GB ADATA SU800 + 1000GB 106X + 1000GB HD650, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 920M 2048MB (954/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC255, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8723BE PCIe Wireless OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 375.39, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406 + Clang 4.0.0-1ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5206x1199 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better After SSD and RAM upgrade . 5036 |============================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better After SSD and RAM upgrade . 51.10 |=========================================== ASUS X556U i7-6500U ....... 52.13 |============================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better After SSD and RAM upgrade . 18810.74 |=========================================