Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X540BA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemAsus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X540BA  (all builds)
MotherboardASUSTeK X540BA
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190704
Uptime8.2 Days
Run DateJan 13 '22 at 16:14
Run Duration178 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A9-9425 APU (2016 M.SR)
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
21.8% Poor
Memory 33.4
1-Core 21.6
2-Core 25.8
19% 26.9 Pts
4-Core 59.8
8-Core 66.5
8% 63.2 Pts
64-Core 33.9
2% 33.9 Pts
Poor: 9%
This bench: 21.8%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Asus(1043 1291) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.10.44.13
Relative performance (0th percentile)
0.93% Terrible
Lighting 1
Reflection 1.8
Parallax 1.5
1% 1.43 fps
MRender 1.5
Gravity 0.7
Splatting 1.9
1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 0.93%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_1300_MTFDDAK512TDL 512GB
266GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M5MA000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 203 181 223 208 MB/s
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
38.6% Below average
Read 280
Write 222
Mixed 206
SusWrite 192
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 8.5
30% 9.43 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 141
108% 146 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 38.6%
Great: 116%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Apacer 76.D305G.D390B 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
14.8% Very poor
MC Read 4.8
MC Write 4.9
MC Mixed 6.3
15% 5.33 GB/s
SC Read 2.7
SC Write 2.9
SC Mixed 4
9% 3.2 GB/s
Latency 236
17% 236 ns
Poor: 15%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X540BA Builds (Compare 93 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 33%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Asus VivoBook 15_ASUS Laptop X540BA

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