Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.6% 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	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 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 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 01:02
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	80% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 602 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80% 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. 23.21.13.8857 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 13.9 Reflection 10 Parallax 11.7 11% 11.9 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 13.2 Splatting 8.61 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 100 104 117 110 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 353 Write 311 Mixed 282 SusWrite 137 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 12.6 67% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 41 46% 79.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 55%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 133 135 135 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 128 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 133 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 71%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 5GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.1 1 1 1.1 1 1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.11% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1 1% 1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 2.11% Great: 35%
Generic External 1TB 2,077 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 38 37 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 33.5 Write 32.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 37.8 46% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2667, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

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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	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 $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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