Asus X542UN

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.1% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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, 3 years ago.

System	Asus X542UN (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UN
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190902
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '20 at 06:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%
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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 65.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 200 69% 124 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 578 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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. 27.21.14.5671 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 14.5 15% 14.8 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 15.9 13% 15.7 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTS832S 256GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427GNR SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 404 398 423 423 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 438 Mixed 384 SusWrite 413 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 49.2 176% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 245 194% 266 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 843GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 113 111 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 117 Write 102 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 111 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GB 122,420 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%

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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 X542UN Builds (Compare 375 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16