Asus X542UQR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus X542UQR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UQR
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190521
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 09:30
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 199 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 304 41% 306 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69.8% 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. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 6.9 5% 7.8 fps	MRender 9.3 Gravity 8.6 Splatting 0.2 4% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Addlink SSD 256GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 47 80 47 81 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 410 Write 171 Mixed 198 SusWrite 74 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 21.8 41% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 202 177% 262 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO1P24HC4R1-BSIS 8325 GSLF62F-C6---------- 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	21.5"	1280 720	GSM5A37 22MP56

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

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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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HDD	RAM	USB
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