Asus X542UN

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

CPU throttled at 90% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Asus X542UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UN
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171106
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 18:26
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 584 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1B10) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 13.6 Parallax 7.97 6% 9.65 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 14.7 9% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GB 41,519 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30200P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (64) Unknown 100 100 1585927 (A8) Unknown 99 99 18 (A9) Unknown 92 92 90 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 96 1 48 (B2) Unknown 100 100 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2535 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 25 3538977 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 55 1 2217 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6695 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1776 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1759 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1692285	42.4% Average	Read 244 Write 88.9 Mixed 135 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 10 87% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 9.43 20% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 70%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 109GB free Firmware: AM0B3J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1322 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 802 (0A) Spinup retry count 216 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10210 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 176094511132 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 107 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 170 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 80.5 Write 86.6 Mixed 95 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.2 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X542UN

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	204x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	167x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	241x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	132x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	34x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	123x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	41x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 12GBHynixBench 50%, 4,021 samples	16x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16