Asus X542UQR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.83% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
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
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemAsus X542UQR  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK X542UQR
Memory6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190521
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateSep 22 '21 at 18:00
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU6%
CPU Throttled 88%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8250U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 76.9
1-Core 107
2-Core 215
74% 133 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 593
62% 497 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)
Asus(1043 1A00) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
5.83% Terrible
Lighting 8.4
Reflection 15.3
Parallax 8
7% 10.6 fps
MRender 9.2
Gravity 6.9
Splatting 0.1
4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.83%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 38 77 78 48 24 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 120
Write 94.9
Mixed 57
SusWrite 52.1
60% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
175% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown AO1P24HC4R1-BSIS 04CB 12GB
2400, 2667 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
57.8% Above average
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 16.3
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 21.7
SC Mixed 18.5
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 86.4
46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 57.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 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 4 1 60 18.9" 1280 720 DELD034 DELL E1910
Typical X542UQR Builds (Compare 207 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UQR

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