Asus X542UN

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.85% 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	45.9% 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.

High background CPU (28%). 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 X542UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UN
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180809
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '21 at 17:14
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 610 67% 530 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1B10) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8477 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 7.9 5% 10.8 fps	MRender 7.3 Gravity 7 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE128HMGR-000H1 128GB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT22H0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 85 94 32 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 312 Write 62.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 51.8 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 16.3 71% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 44.4 72% 149 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 75%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 553GB free Firmware: SDM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 87 89 92 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 52.5 Write 88.7 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 89.8 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 144,145 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16