Asus X542UAR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.02% 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	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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.

System	Asus X542UAR (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UAR
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190521
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 04:32
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	NCL-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 49.4 2-Core 130 49% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 378 41% 324 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.5% 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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.02% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 6.1 Parallax 7.1 5% 6.33 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 9.7 6% 6.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 169 244 272 133 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 353 Write 285 Mixed 260 SusWrite 206 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 14.3 62% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 268 186% 230 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 95%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 73GB free Firmware: M0MA031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 206 275 250 148 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 357 Write 371 Mixed 335 SusWrite 228 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 16 64% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 282 198% 244 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4SFS824A.C8FE Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 83%

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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

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 $15	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