Asus X542UAR

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.43% 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	95.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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.

System	Asus X542UAR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UAR
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '22 at 21:31
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 560 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 71.5% 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 1A00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 8.2 6% 7 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 12.3 8% 9.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.43% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKT1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 394 414 394 401 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 397 Mixed 329 SusWrite 392 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 34.4 141% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 179 166% 253 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB 108,106 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%

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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 X542UAR Builds (Compare 133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UAR

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	93x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	21x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	18x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	131x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	42x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	30x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	15x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16