Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 118% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.21% 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	355% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i3-8100-$120 55,943 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	1-Core 112 2-Core 224 79% 168 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 436 60% 437 Pts	64-Core 434 29% 434 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 13,111 User benchmarks, average bench 6% ASRock(1849 3E91) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	6.21% Terrible	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 25.4 6% 25.8 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 36.1 6% 27.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$160 46,751 User benchmarks, average bench 335% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2159 2183 2008 1978 1909 1973 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2,609 Write 2,046 Mixed 1,442 SusWrite 2,035 456% 2,033 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,394 DQ Write 1,176 DQ Mixed 1,262 952% 1,277 MB/s
Poor: 234% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 395%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 16GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 11GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Read 25 Write 12.3 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 13.8 16% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.57% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$80 178,898 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 29.4 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 136%

UFO

Desktop 140%

UFO

Workstation 134%

UFO

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 274%, 142,208 samples	112x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $160Bench 306%, 63,106 samples	100x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $160Bench 335%, 46,751 samples	90x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $95Bench 86%, 99,689 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $153Bench 89%, 26,365 samples	30x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $227Bench 96%, 23,741 samples	30x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $1,748

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $653	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14