Asus VivoBook S14 X430UA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.43% 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	83.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	3.2 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	Sep 30 '19 at 09:15
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	16%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 (95^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 519 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 70.4% 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)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.62 6% 8.52 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 450 223 157 156 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 440 Write 452 Mixed 372 SusWrite 265 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 33.9 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 306 221% 283 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 3%

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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 $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