Asus X542UA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 39%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.13% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 92% 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, 2 years ago.

System	Asus X542UA (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK X542UA
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 18:13
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	92%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7200U 205,332 User benchmarks, average bench 45% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	39% Below average	Memory 61.8 1-Core 36.4 2-Core 50.7 35% 49.6 Pts	4-Core 88.8 8-Core 238 18% 163 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake) 387,149 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 1A00) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 3.7 Parallax 7.2 5% 5.73 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.1 5% 5.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GB 50,765 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0MU020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 344 383 294 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 149 Write 280 Mixed 290 SusWrite 269 56% 247 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 14.9 75% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 307 222% 284 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 927GB free Firmware: AX0R5J SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 110 108 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 79.7 Write 88.6 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 109 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC 04CB AO1P24HC4R1-BSIS 8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 69%

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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 X542UA Builds (Compare 54 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

System: Asus X542UA

CPU
Core i3-7100UIntelBench 43%, 37,239 samples	29x
Core i7-7500UIntelBench 48%, 139,101 samples	12x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	9x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	50x
HD Graphics 510IntelBench 2%, 6,504 samples	4x

SSD
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	7x
HFS256G39TND-N210A 256GBBench 70%, 39,780 samples	3x
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GBBench 61%, 41,519 samples	2x

RAM
AO1P24HC4R1-BSIS 1x4GBAdataBench 38%, 759 samples	11x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 1x4GBHynixBench 32%, 32,443 samples	9x
AO1P24HC8T1-BSFS 1x8GBAdataBench 36%, 6,338 samples	6x

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16