Asus X542UN

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Asus X542UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UN
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 14:54
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	55%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 0.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 37.3 2-Core 58.4 39% 55.8 Pts	4-Core 99.4 8-Core 120 14% 110 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia MX150-0 29,453 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 1B10) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1771 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.01% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 2.25 2% 2.01 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 2.03 Splatting 3.39 2% 2.86 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 2.01% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W128G1002 128GB 3,521 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6103002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 109 109 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 452 Write 249 Mixed 168 SusWrite 111 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 38.6 144% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 226 176% 243 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 783GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 129 129 129 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 116 Mixed 54 SusWrite 128 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.1 112% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X542UN

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	204x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	167x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	241x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	132x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	34x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	123x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	41x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 12GBHynixBench 50%, 4,021 samples	16x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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