Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.45% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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 VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 08:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SYR-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th 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)	77% Very good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 576 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 77% 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 10D1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 5.96 Parallax 7.84 6% 7.14 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 406 385 154 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 375 Write 372 Mixed 334 SusWrite 269 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 31 102% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 296 216% 279 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 117 117 118 119 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 125 Write 86.2 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 115 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 215% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC M471A1K43CB1-CRC 12GB 5,960 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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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	175x
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	120x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16