Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.3% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8559U 2,379 User benchmarks, average bench 78% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 654 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 8,316 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Intel(8086 2074) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6345 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 14.8 11% 14.1 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 14.2 Splatting 22.4 15% 17.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 434 434 379 290 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 424 Mixed 400 SusWrite 377 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 435 435 425 425 429 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 429 Mixed 376 SusWrite 430 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 50.3 166% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 5,229 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 47.3 MC Write 50.8 MC Mixed 27 119% 41.7 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 20.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 89%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

GPU
Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples	1,601x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	7x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	6x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	75x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 235%, 154,949 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 5,229 samples	61x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 78%, 5,327 samples	54x
F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 75%, 4,823 samples	35x

Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $43

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