Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.31% 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	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 476 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.44 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$69 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 83 70 77 64 51 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 478 Write 127 Mixed 189 SusWrite 80.3 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 21.9 114% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 33.3 81% 163 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 343GB free Firmware: MS2OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 154 155 156 158 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 130 Mixed 31 SusWrite 155 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.3 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 108%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 55%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	299x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	295x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	270x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	453x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	282x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	271x

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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