Asus X540UA

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus X540UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X540UA
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '24 at 17:23
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7200U 205,332 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Memory 33.9 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 126 42% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 193 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake) 387,149 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1E00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8477 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 5.6 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 8.1 5% 5.47 fps	MRender 4 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 0.3 2% 3.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SB8W256G1002 256GB 676 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6103002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 197 199 166 193 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 299 Write 283 Mixed 166 SusWrite 188 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 9.7 32% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 194 147% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6H11 1x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4.5 13% 4.5 GB/s	Latency 358 11% 358 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 40%

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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	69	57	60	27"	1280 720	SAM08E0 S27B370

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Typical X540UA Builds (Compare 92 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X540UA

CPU
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	36x
Core i3-6006UIntelBench 36%, 47,111 samples	32x
Core i3-7100UIntelBench 43%, 37,239 samples	9x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	52x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	32x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples	8x

SSD
SD9SB8W256G1002 256GBSandiskBench 71%, 676 samples	14x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK256TBN 256GBBench 78%, 6,868 samples	9x
HFS128G32TND-N210A 128GBBench 63%, 4,377 samples	6x

RAM
8ATF51264HZ-2G3B1 1x4GBMicronBench 37%, 4,474 samples	30x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6H11 1x8GBMicronBench 37%, 200 samples	29x
M471A5143EB1-CPB 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 138 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16