Intel NUC8i5INB

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.5% 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	260% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Intel(R) NUC8i5INH
Motherboard	Intel NUC8i5INB (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	88%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8265U 87,841 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 64.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 647 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Radeont 540X 61 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Intel(8086 2079) 2GB CLim: 1211 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.10.14 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 20.4 13% 21.8 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 16 Splatting 20.7 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 14%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 450GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1203 1649 949 982 499 500 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,618 Mixed 116 SusWrite 964 276% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 66 231% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 544 495% 746 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 311%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 12%

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Motherboard: Intel NUC8i5INB

CPU
Core i5-8265UIntelBench 53%, 87,841 samples	16x

GPU
540XRadeontBench 12%, 61 samples	10x
Radeon 540XAMDBench 10%, 266 samples	6x

SSD
SSDSCKKW256G8 256GBIntelBench 90%, 4,898 samples	4x
M.2 PCIe SSD 256GBSpccBench 162%, 15,205 samples	2x
850 Pro 128GBSamsung $70Bench 99%, 18,195 samples	1x

RAM
K4E6E304EC-EGCG 2x4GBSamsungBench 68%, 8,402 samples	16x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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