Asus BU401LG

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 22% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	5.4% 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	24.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Asus BU401LG (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK BU401LG
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '23 at 14:59
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4210U 82,966 User benchmarks, average bench 41% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Memory 22.3 1-Core 26.1 2-Core 44.8 18% 31.1 Pts	4-Core 58.2 8-Core 81.3 9% 69.8 Pts	64-Core 90 6% 90 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730M 2,897 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 13CD) 1GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 9.3 Parallax 8.2 6% 8.07 fps	MRender 4.8 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 7.3 5% 6.3 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SMSM151 128GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 66 64 63 60 39 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.3% Poor	Read 261 Write 100 Mixed 111 SusWrite 58.3 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 6.1 23% 8.43 MB/s	DQ Read 79.3 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 7.2 24% 51.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 49%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 304GB free Firmware: GG2OAF10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 85 84 85 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 89.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 83 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida 1315 CT51264BF160BJ.M8F 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 7 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 5.9 15% 5.13 GB/s	Latency 304 13% 304 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 4: 0P 0R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
4%	10%	39	114	53	60	13.9"	1280 720	CMN14A7

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Typical BU401LG Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Asus BU401LG

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	4x
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	3x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	5x
GeForce GT 730MNvidiaBench 6%, 2,897 samples	3x

SSD
SMSM151 128GBKingstonBench 37%, 7 samples	3x
X300s Non-Secure 256GBSanDiskBench 82%, 2,451 samples	2x
X25-M 160GBIntelBench 36%, 7,078 samples	1x

RAM
1315 CT51264BF160BJ.M8F 8GBElpidaBench 47%, 18 samples	3x
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 8GBElpidaBench 50%, 520 samples	1x
1x4GBElpidaBench 28%, 3,874 samples	1x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16