Asus X542UN

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.9% 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	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.

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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Asus X542UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UN
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 15:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8250U 234,942 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 71.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 174 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 603 65% 515 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia MX150-0 29,453 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 1B10) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4294 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.9 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 17.1 17% 17.4 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 18.8 Splatting 19.5 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW128G8 128GB 670 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 123 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 437 Write 185 Mixed 186 SusWrite 130 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 42.4 153% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 144 118% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 92%
P3-1TB 1TB 2,113 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: H181213 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 438 452 450 444 456 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 382 Write 380 Mixed 315 SusWrite 444 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 21 93% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 317 210% 246 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 105%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 562GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 97 97 92 96 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 72.9 Write 79.9 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 94.6 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 187% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905664-010.A00G Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 8GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

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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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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Asus X542UN

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	205x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	167x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	2x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	242x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples	132x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	34x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	123x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	42x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 12GBHynixBench 50%, 4,021 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16