Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.4% 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	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180105
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 20:27
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 78.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 592 68% 529 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 81.3% 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. 25.21.14.1735 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 11.7 11% 11.8 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 13.2 Splatting 8.83 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 256GB 10,211 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1204A SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 152 137 144 146 131 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 416 Write 364 Mixed 225 SusWrite 152 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 45.2 134% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 122 142% 246 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 110%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 764GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 61 62 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 75.2 Mixed 54 SusWrite 66.9 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 12GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 18.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 67%

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

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Desktop 53%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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