Apple MacBookPro8,3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.83% 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	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Apple MacBookPro8,3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Apple Mac-942459F5819B171B
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 20:47
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2760QM-$130 10,423 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U2E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 118 63% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 412 43% 344 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770M 678 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Apple(106B 00F9) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 9.2.0.0 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 5.78 6% 6.7 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 8.52 6% 6.81 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 600GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 291 296 279 279 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 304 Write 323 Mixed 281 SusWrite 288 68% 299 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 29.8 93% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 54.5 47% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 97%

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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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Typical MacBookPro8,3 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

System: Apple MacBookPro8,3

CPU
Core i7-2820QMIntel $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples	2x
Core i7-2720QMIntel $85Bench 58%, 7,798 samples	1x
Core i7-2860QMIntel $469Bench 62%, 4,317 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 6700MAMDBench 6%, 1,888 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6750MAMDBench 5%, 168 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6630MAMDBench 5%, 2,501 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	1x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	1x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	1x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	1x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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