Asus X542UA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics5.63% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAsus X542UA  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK X542UA
Memory4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170929
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateApr 27 '19 at 05:31
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 88%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-7100U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
45% Average
Memory 62.8
1-Core 42.2
2-Core 83.7
40% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 157
8-Core 166
21% 161 Pts
64-Core 170
10% 170 Pts
Poor: 18%
This bench: 45%
Great: 56%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 1A00) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.63% Terrible
Lighting 5.6
Reflection 9.19
Parallax 6.38
5% 7.06 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 12.3
8% 9.01 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.63%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 507KC4
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,320
Write 18.7
Mixed 37
95% 459 MB/s
4K Read 147
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 3.4
228% 50.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB
839GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,411
Write 18.2
Mixed 31.5
349% 487 MB/s
4K Read 149
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 2.4
6,509% 51 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62.7% Good
MC Read 21
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 23.5
68% 23.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 14.4
41% 14.2 GB/s
Latency 120
34% 120 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X542UA Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UA

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