Asus ZenBook UX331FA_UX331FA

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.06% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.

System	Asus ZenBook UX331FA_UX331FA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK UX331FA
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191016
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 14:18
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8565U 81,207 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 507 60% 462 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 178,291 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1A91) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6577 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.06% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 7.15 Parallax 6.25 5% 6.46 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 11.9 8% 10 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 134 54 55 54 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,057 Write 757 Mixed 682 SusWrite 106 144% 650 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 52.5 193% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 254 209% 298 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 209%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 10,173 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 133 132 134 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 95.7 Write 123 Mixed 77 SusWrite 131 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron MT52L512M32D2PF-09 2x4GB 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 95%

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

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Asus ZenBook UX331FA_UX331FA

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	31x
Core i7-8565UIntelBench 55%, 81,207 samples	12x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620IntelBench 5%, 178,291 samples	43x

SSD
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	31x
PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1002 256GBWDCBench 141%, 16,774 samples	12x

RAM
K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 8,402 samples	31x
MT52L512M32D2PF-09 2x4GBMicronBench 67%, 6,726 samples	12x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $60

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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