Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.13% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 90% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UF
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190522
Uptime	29.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 12:21
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	28%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 551 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 10D1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 7.84 6% 8.4 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 14.8 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 128GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8AS4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 121 122 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 390 Write 134 Mixed 159 SusWrite 125 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 35 134% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 153 129% 192 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 74%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 105 109 112 110 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

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

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System: Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X542UF

CPU
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	264x
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	174x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	22x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	342x
MX130NvidiaBench 9%, 14,117 samples	119x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	2x

SSD
SD9SN8W128G1002 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 3,521 samples	19x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	15x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	15x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	101x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	61x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples	18x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $45	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