Asus VivoBook S14 X430UA

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 42.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (40%). 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Asus VivoBook S14 X430UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X430UA
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190920
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 09:50
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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 0.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 37.1 2-Core 49.1 40% 54.5 Pts	4-Core 45.2 8-Core 65.6 7% 55.4 Pts	64-Core 79 5% 79 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.4% 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. 26.20.100.7870 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	1.94% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.2 Parallax 2.4 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 3.4 2% 2.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 133 192 218 206 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 352 Write 355 Mixed 299 SusWrite 192 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 20.9 74% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 92.7 76% 108 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 91%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 369GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 115 170 215 237 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 394 Write 338 Mixed 332 SusWrite 203 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 28.3 88% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 129 100% 137 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 125%

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 below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.4% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 0.6 14% 5.07 GB/s	Latency 85.9 46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 69%

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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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Typical VivoBook S14 X430UA Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16