Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.79% 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	68.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 88% 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.

System	Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180105
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 602 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia MX130 14,117 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 10D1) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8873 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	9.79% Terrible	Lighting 12.4 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 10.5 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 8.78 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W128G1002 128GB 3,521 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6103002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 115 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 458 Write 393 Mixed 285 SusWrite 114 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 27.8 100% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 261 201% 274 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 925GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 87 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 120 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 72%

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 (92^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%

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

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System: Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	264x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	174x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	342x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	119x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2x

SSD
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples	19x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	101x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	61x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples	18x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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