Asus X542UAR

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.31% 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	122% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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 X542UAR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UAR
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 18:21
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 598 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 1A00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.65 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 15 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 485 373 290 289 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 408 Mixed 408 SusWrite 365 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 62.3 210% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 126%
Apacer AS350 512GB 5,144 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 477GB free Firmware: R0430A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 452 444 438 438 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 404 Mixed 378 SusWrite 444 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.9 154% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 55.9 102% 199 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP004GBSFU240C02 Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 19.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

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

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Typical X542UAR Builds (Compare 133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X542UAR

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	93x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	21x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	18x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	131x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	42x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	30x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	15x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	13x

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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 $177	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