Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.43% 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	44.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 52.4 2-Core 90.4 47% 72.1 Pts	4-Core 134 8-Core 138 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Legend(17AA 39B2) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4849 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 8.3 6% 8.67 fps	MRender 9.5 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingchuxing 240GB 240GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW200326 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 97 5.7 7.1 7.7 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 363 Write 215 Mixed 259 SusWrite 55 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 10.2 66% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 15.9 54% 114 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 90%
Kingdian SSD 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 26GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 148 149 148 146 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 395 Write 148 Mixed 161 SusWrite 146 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 9.2 69% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 58.9 67% 113 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A5244CB0-CRC Ramaxel RMSA3270MB86H9F2400 8GB 1,891 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 66%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	511x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples	32x
HD Graphics 620IntelBench 6%, 218 samples	2x

RAM
M471A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 36,396 samples	148x
M471A5244CB0-CRC M471A5143SB1-CRC 8GBSamsungBench 59%, 6,573 samples	86x
M471A5244CB0-CRC 1x4GBSamsungBench 32%, 40,829 samples	49x

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16