Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.7% 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.

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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '21 at 16:19
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 626 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 10D1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1069 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.5 6% 9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 128GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8AS4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 109 110 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 347 Write 104 Mixed 144 SusWrite 109 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 7.8 55% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 32.7 DQ Mixed 57.6 52% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 74%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 117 119 117 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 217% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 79%

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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42% 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 VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	264x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	174x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	342x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	119x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2x

SSD
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples	19x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	101x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	61x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples	18x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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