Asus X542UAR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	Asus X542UAR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UAR
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 11:11
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 590 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1A00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 9.73 Parallax 7.59 5% 7.97 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 0.04 4% 5.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Drevo D1 SSD 120GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 118 19 18 23 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 443 Write 358 Mixed 7 SusWrite 68.9 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 38% 9.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 83%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 405GB free Firmware: AM0B3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 112 110 112 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 111 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB 26,973 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 71%

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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 X542UAR Builds (Compare 133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UAR

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	93x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	21x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	18x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	131x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	42x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GBWDCBench 93%, 43,498 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	30x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	15x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	13x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16