Asus VivoBook S14 X430UA

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.49% 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	65.2% 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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 X430UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X430UA
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 149 54% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 402 40% 329 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1271) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6444 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.59 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.07 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 338 352 206 147 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 404 Write 376 Mixed 298 SusWrite 253 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 20.4 74% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 268 196% 254 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 91%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 451GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 100 102 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 62.9 Write 80.5 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 99.3 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 167% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.9% 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 (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 69%

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Asus VivoBook S14 X430UA

CPU
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	30x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	24x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	6x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	60x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	31x
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples	13x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	5x

RAM
4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 1x4GBMicronBench 33%, 1,799 samples	17x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 8GBMicronBench 59%, 267 samples	16x
4ATF51264HZ-2G3E1 Hynix HMA425S6BJR6N-UH 6GBMicronBench 50%, 50 samples	7x

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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 $178	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