Asus VivoBook S14 X430UN

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% 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	62.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Asus VivoBook S14 X430UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X430UN
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 11:03
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	46%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 550 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia MX150-0 29,453 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 199E) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8912 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 17 15% 16.3 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 19.2 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 219 141 146 150 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 384 Write 277 Mixed 273 SusWrite 174 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 24.4 83% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 266 192% 245 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 733GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 121 124 117 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 71 Write 129 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 120 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 174% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 0.5 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 2.9 7% 2.53 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Asus VivoBook S14 X430UN

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	22x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	17x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	28x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	11x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	21x
SA400M8240G 240GBKingstonBench 70%, 27,523 samples	4x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GBBench 79%, 14,424 samples	3x

RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GBMicronBench 59%, 267 samples	10x
M471A1K44BM0-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 38%, 1,088 samples	8x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 04CB 8GBMicronBench 60%, 57 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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