Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.79% 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	151% 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 469 50% 398 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) 420,154 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Legend(17AA 5069) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7810 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 0.04 Parallax 8.53 5% 5.03 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LENSE30256GMSP34MEAT3TA 256GB 2,231 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.5.0412 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 307 308 320 309 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 938 Write 1,093 Mixed 848 SusWrite 330 180% 802 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 69 233% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 553 DQ Mixed 536 388% 496 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 181%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 465GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 422 419 399 410 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 290 Mixed 412 SusWrite 408 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 53.5 174% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 292 237% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMSA3260ME78HAF-2666 859B CT8G4SFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	10x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	9x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x
TOSHIBA 256GBThnsf5256gpukBench 99%, 2,882 samples	1x
LENSE20256GMSP34MEAT2TA 256GBBench 113%, 2,581 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 79%, 9,568 samples	2x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	1x
M471A1G43DB0-CPB Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GBSamsungBench 69%, 438 samples	1x

Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $76

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16