Asus X542UQR

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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	4.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.5% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Asus X542UQR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UQR
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211029
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 11:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 215 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 482 51% 407 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 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) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 1A00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 8 5% 7.8 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 0.3 4% 5.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 227 222 218 212 212 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 422 Write 343 Mixed 251 SusWrite 228 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.3 134% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 197 163% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 126%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 152GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 419 402 394 411 430 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 327 Mixed 314 SusWrite 412 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 49.2 155% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 287 235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 249GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 40 65 69 68 69 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 04CB AO1P24HC8T1-BSFS 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 73%

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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 X542UQR Builds (Compare 207 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X542UQR

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	128x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	77x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	1x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	148x
940MXNvidiaBench 9%, 36,213 samples	57x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2x

SSD
SSDSCKKW180H6 180GBIntelBench 73%, 778 samples	16x
WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GBWDCBench 45%, 85,321 samples	11x
THNSNK128GVN8 128GBToshibaBench 56%, 2,065 samples	9x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	47x
AO1P24HC8T1-BSFS 1x8GBAdataBench 36%, 6,338 samples	45x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 12GBHynixBench 50%, 4,021 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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