Asus X542BA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics3.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAsus X542BA  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK X542BA
Memory8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '21 at 10:53
Run Duration188 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A9-9420 APU (2016 M.SR)
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
24.1% Poor
Memory 41.8
1-Core 67
2-Core 99.8
40% 69.5 Pts
4-Core 36.4
8-Core 106
8% 71.1 Pts
64-Core 38
2% 38 Pts
Poor: 12%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Asus(1043 1D10) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 21.5.2
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
3.16% Terrible
Lighting 3.7
Reflection 5
Parallax 5.3
3% 4.67 fps
MRender 2.9
Gravity 3.3
Splatting 5.7
4% 3.97 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.16%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0B3J
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 85 59 67 81 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 93.5
Write 96.1
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 77.9
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 12GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
21.3% Poor
MC Read 7.5
MC Write 7.7
MC Mixed 7.1
21% 7.43 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 7.2
SC Mixed 8
18% 6.3 GB/s
Latency 194
21% 194 ns
Poor: 19%
This bench: 21.3%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X542BA Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Asus X542BA

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