Apple MacBook8,1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive18.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
SystemApple MacBook8,1  (all builds)
MotherboardApple Mac-BE0E8AC46FE800CC
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2304 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201217
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 07 '21 at 11:08
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 20%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core M-5Y31
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.1 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
36.7% Below average
Memory 51
1-Core 68.4
2-Core 89.2
43% 69.5 Pts
4-Core 132
8-Core 127
18% 130 Pts
64-Core 157
10% 157 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Core M HD 5300
Apple(106B 013E) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4416
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
3.15% Terrible
Lighting 3.4
Reflection 2.3
Parallax 4.6
3% 3.43 fps
MRender 4.9
Gravity 3.6
Splatting 5.5
4% 4.67 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 3.15%
Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Apple APPLE SSD AP0256 251GB
133GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.81
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 208 187 279 216 205 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
18.7% Very poor
Read 63.2
Write 379
Mixed 93.3
SusWrite 218
43% 188 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.1
11% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 18.7%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 0x483943434E4E4E4350544D4C42522D4E5444 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
46.3% Average
MC Read 15.3
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 15.6
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 15.5
37% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 157
26% 157 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 46.3%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MacBook8,1 Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: Apple MacBook8,1

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