Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.32% 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	277% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 762 73% 605 Pts	64-Core 935 58% 935 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.32% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.9 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.2 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2184 646 592 593 588 589 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1902 Write 2,063 Mixed 1,255 SusWrite 865 341% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 90.4 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 1,098 DQ Mixed 1,162 876% 1,173 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 340%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 358GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 96 97 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 93.2 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 95.3 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 244GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 71.1 Write 69.4 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 104 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 107%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 110%

UFO

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 100%

UFO

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	536x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	489x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	404x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	842x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	314x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	306x

Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $926

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